Adviser LeadingAge New York Winter 2014 Winter 2014 | Página 7

The Preferred Choice in Rehabilitation Management At Preferred Therapy Solutions we offer our partners a flexible, affordable, cost-effective solution customized to match your facility goals. Our approach to superior clinical care matched with our track record of meeting financial expectations make Preferred Therapy Solutions the provider of choice for rehabilitation management services Is the weight of the world holding you back? Preferred Therapy Solutions is ready to help.        Cost Management Strategies Excellent Clinical Outcomes Program Development Regulatory Updates & Training Compliance Oversight & Education Minimize Claim Loss Census Development www.preftherapy.com John Calcavecchia, VP Business Development 855-846-3667 [email protected] Changes are coming to the 2014 Nursing Home Quality Pool. Will you sink or swim? This is what we found in just one facility: The 2012 average rate for high risk pressures ulcers by raw calculation was 5.7%. A risk adjustment by NYS DOH showed their rate to be 8.59%, in the third quintile for the 2013 Quality Pool. For 2013, they leveled out at approx. 5.7% during the first three quarters of 2013 however, a spike to 8.3% in the fourth quarter resulted in a raw average for 2013 at 6.3%. Upon review, the integrity of this measure was not felt to be truly reflective of the facility rate due to inaccuracies in MDS coding of pressure ulcers. In the pool, you have to swim to rule! Providing the solutions you need...for the results you want. Contact Elliott Frost, director of ProCare/senior policy analyst | Phone: [phone] | Email: [email protected] leadingageny.org 6