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Health and finance are more and more interconnected. Medical expenses are the number one reason for bankruptcy in the US and health is noted as the highest expense in retirement. We know that over half of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency and yet more and more consumers have high deductible health plans which require more cash out of their pocket than before. The lack of transparency in the system can lead people to be unaware of expenses coming their way, not understand the bills when they come, and not understand their plan and their ultimate financial responsibility. This can lead people to fund medical debt on credit cards and even avoid treatment because they can’t afford the expense. Financial products like HSAs are designed to support consumers in planning for and affording health expenses and can even reduce their taxable income and provide a long-term savings and investment vehicle, but many people are not aware or do not use them as they are designed. In addition, the stress associated with financial volatility can add to an individual’s stress and can actually cause or exacerbate the health problems they face.
This area is a crucial one to be aware of and to address in the work we do across the design and innovation community in health. There are many opportunities for those across the health system from payer to provider to benefits administrator and employer to help people understand and manage the financial aspects of health. This panel will help us to explore the concept of financial wellbeing as it pertains to health planning and navigation, opening our eyes to the obstacles and opportunities present.
Why is physician engagement strategically important? How can you design a strategy that is laser-focused on increasing clinical demand by ensuring your medical staff is aligned?
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Client’s requirement: Panion Project seeks to address the optimal performance of care workers in Canada and the USA by ensuring better access to quality care. ………………………………
Introduction
Healthcare happens to be the concern of every facet of humanity and for this reason, the Panion project is of great interest and relevance to every community where it exists. At some point in our lives, we have found ourselves, or a family member, or a colleague, or friends needing medical attention, and we all desire that this health/medical situation be treated with the utmost care, skill, professionalism, and acceptable standard.
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• If you need medical forms explained.
• If you think you’re being confused with another patient.
• If you don’t recognize a medicine or think you’re about to get the wrong medicine.
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Pay attention…
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Managed Care of PDPM
1. Welcome and thank you for joining us for
What you need to know about
Managed Care & PDPM:
Ask The Experts
The webinar will begin soon
What to Expect
•Listen-only mode during
the presentation
•Questions can be submitted
via the Q & A panel
•Copy of the presentation is
located via the handout panel
•The webinar will be recorded
and emailed to all registrants
2. What you need to know about
Managed Care & PDPM: Ask the
experts
11. Therapy’s Role in Managed Care Contracts
Communication
• Understanding the different managed care products is imperative to success.
• Communication must be collaborative and clear regarding the managed care products specific to each facility.
• Having an established authorization and verification process with the therapy department will ensure services are
provided and paid for appropriately.
• Communication process should be an integral part of weekly facility meetings.
• Managers and staff should be knowledgeable about the differing requirements for the different managed care
plans.
12. Therapy’s Role in Managed Care Contracts
Cost
• Having a true partnership means making sure everyone is winning.
• Know how you are paid: PDPDM, Fee screen – reduced?, RUG rate, Per Visit
• We have crafted contractual arrangements that take into consideration the reimbursement by payer source as to
not inhibit the already narrow margins of post-acute SNF services.
Commitment
• Providing “value-added” solutions and additional resources
• Committing to the vision of their partners and investing in tools, solutions and education to bolster efforts in areas
like census development, community initiatives, fundraising, technology, etc.
13. Therapy’s Role in Managed Care Contracts
An example of a collaborative partnership managing care is showcased by the following scenario:
A resident with a specific diagnosis is going to be discharged within 7 days based on their managed care plan
What should happen?
1. Admission information is shared with therapy including managed care criteria for care
2. Clinical pathways are in place that will create the most optimal outcome within the defined plan for the specific
diagnosis
3. Discharge planning starts at admission
4. Goals and barriers are identified and discussed by IDT team and plans developed accordingly to maximize success
5. Outcome is captured by therapy for reporting to physician and managed care coordinator
A strong interdisciplinary collaboration allows for streamlined efforts to maximize all the hands that take part in the
patient journey.
14. Medicare Managed Care: Contracting
What tips do you have for contracting with Medicare
Managed Care organizations, and how do you start
accepting patients who are in bundles?
15. Medicare Managed Care: Screening
With most hospitals requiring a decision in 30
minutes or less, what is a SNF to do to make
the right decision?
16. Medicare Managed Care: Admission
Since the most critical window seems to be the first 72
hours, what do you recommend organizations do to
prevent readmissions to the hospital?
17. Medicare Managed Care: Care Plan & IDT
What are things you discuss during your daily
and weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to
prevent readmissions and achieve the best
outcome in the shortest period of time?
18. Medicare Managed Care: Treatment
Are managed care/insurance companies following the
Medicare coverage and documentation criteria or using their
own criteria?
19. Medicare Managed Care: Treatment,
continued
What tips do you have for creating care pathways?
20. Medicare Managed Care: Requalification
• How can we use our EHR software to help track
subsequent authorizations or extended
authorizations?
• What other tips do you have on extending stays
beyond the Managed Care company’s
expectations?
21. Medicare Managed Care: Discharge
What advice do you have on preparing for a
successful discharge for a Managed Care patient?
22. Medicare Managed Care: Billing
When a managed Medicare PDPM
assessment has a late ARD and the default
HIPPS is generated under the PPS update
screen, does the default HIPPS or the actual
HIPPS score from the MDS need to be put on
the claim since the reimbursement is paid at
the LOC, not PDPM, and the assessment isn't
transmitted to the state?
23. Medicare Managed Care: Billing, continued
What are the advantages of using a
clearinghouse?
We seem to get surprised by Managed Care timely
filing - what advice do you have?
24. PDPM Billing
How do we know if we are being reimbursed
correctly due to the hundreds of case mix groupings
(CMG) possibilities?
25. Medicare Managed Care
Do you recommend post-discharge follow up and if so
what does that look like?
26. Summary
Know your numbers
Set goals
Dashboard your goals to actual
Meet regularly to discuss
Advocate for your numbers
27. Q & A
John Harned
Director, BKD
Julie Bilyeu
Managing Director, BKD
Lisa Chambers
Chief Quality and Operations Officer
Editor's Notes
John
There has been a lot of attention spent on Fee for Service Medicare and the transition from RUGs – IV to PDPM
However while we are hearing more and more about I-SNPs there is not a lot of people talking about Medicare Managed Care, Bundles and Medicare Advantage
Yet in some portions of the country these payor sources account for more than 50% of a Skilled Nursing Facilities Medicare Patient Population – but not necessarily revenue
So what has caused this land shift in payor sources?
I would attribute it to Medicaid Expansion
And one might ask – wait – what does Medicaid have to do with Medicare Managed Care
The answer is a lot
So in 2013 this is the map of Medicaid expansion in the US
John
Note in 2016 39 states and Washington DC had at least one Medicaid Managed Care Organization
There was a 58% increase in Managed Care enrollment in the 19 expansion states from the previous slide to this slide in just 3 years
Joh
Note the federal participation of the Medicaid expansion is declining from 100% in 2016 to 90% in 2020
John
So as states move into Medicaid Expansion it creates a platform for the insurance companies who are required to set up all the infrastructure to administer the Medicaid plans
This infrastructure and capital are necessary to launch a Medicare Managed Care Insurance program in those states
So note from 2004 to 2017 the continued increase in the Medicare Managed Care enrollees and what percentage of the total Medicare Beneficiaries that equates to
Now over 30%
And this will continue to grow even though number of Medicare Beneficiaries are growing
They are looking for convenience they want one plan to cover their Medicare Part A, Part B, Part D (Pharmacy) and their coinsurance as well as looking for other non-traditional benefits
John
So if you were to cross match the Medicare Expansion states in 2017 to the above percentage of Medicare Beneficiaries enrolled in Managed Care you would find a high correlation
For example Oklahoma has not pursued Medicaid Expansion and the number of Medicare Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Managed Care is below 20%
John
So of the Medicare Advantage plans you can see the splits between HMO, Local PPOs and Regional PPOs
You can also see the total Medicare Advantage Enrollment in 2017 was 19 million individuals
Thus the Genesis for our discussion today
Medicare Managed Care is not something you dabble in
Rather is something you have to master or the Managed Care Organizations will take advantage of you and you will wind up with little or worse yet zero margin
1. This is first and foremost one of the most critical elements of therapy’s role.
2. Many different types if of plans with different criteria, knowing the specifics of each plan: type of reimbursement, criteria for reimbursement.
3. This process should identify plan name, authorization requirements, restrictions, type of reimbursement, co-pay information
. When partnering, we know that certain managed care products are significantly lower in reimbursement than others or pay differently, so we can tailor a contract to be specific by payer source
. When partnering, we know that certain managed care products are significantly lower in reimbursement than others or pay differently, so we can tailor a contract to be specific by payer source
Julie Bilyeu
Comments from Juli Pascoe
Not having copies of their contracts
Not knowing who they have contracts with
John Harned
Take your C-Suite to the meetings with the Managed Care Companies to show how important this is to your organization
Utilize CMS Website for managed care enrollment
Medicare enrollment has most market share in my market
Rather than going to one with 100 members
Prioritize where to start your efforts
Almost have to have systems in place before they will talk with you
Chicken / egg need pathways before you have patients
Start with developing pathways for hips and knees
Then work your way up to Congestive heart failure pathways
Most only work with 3 stars and greater
In major metro want to have 5 stars
Must have data to take to companies
How does the rate they are presenting you compare to your Medicare Fee for Service rate – may start at 80%
You can get increases; however, you must keep data on outcomes
For example:
What is discharge rate to home
Length of stay
Number of admissions by insurer
Discharges to home health, hospice and home
Readmission rate
What differentiates you from others
Performance tied to results
It takes years to build a relationship with the MCO
One thing to do is join case management associations in your area and get to know people
Anything to get face-time with discharge planners
Show discharge planners the same data
Hospitals now have preferred provider networks (PPN)
If not in PPN you won’t the work
Bundles – even different than Managed Care
Prove self with doctors or hospitals controlling bundles
Had to provide numbers and clinical pathways
Meet with regularly - quarterly
Biggest metric for bundles: return to hospital and length of stay
Have to live with some ambiguity some better than average some worse
Hardest part for therapist is 100% is not the goal for discharge
Want us to get them to a point they can make it to the next level of care safely
Takes lots of education
Build your own sharing group in your region and gather the Directors of contracting from competitors
I call this coopatition (even though they are competitors you can cooperate, because the managed care organization is really the 800 lb. gorilla in the room
Work together as a sharing group / support group
Work on global issues with a payor
Email exchange
Gather monthly for lunch
Work group / support group
STOP!
Know NPI, Medicare number, Star rating, tax id number, provider license
They will know your star
Credentialing is a big part (sometimes a big hurdle)
Plans have different requirements
Application process
Submit information
Supporting documentation
30 – 60 day
Plans may meet monthly or quarterly
Thanks, but no thanks
Some use 3rd party firms to do the work
Then negotiations actually begin
Could take up to 6 months
First step to first admission
Management networks system (MNS)
Third party vendor
Credentialing and contracting for SNFs
Customer is SNF for a fee
Like a hired gun
Post-acute side pay them a management fee
Wellcare contract
Humana uses them to manage Value Based Contracting
TPA hired for managed care / bundled – navahealth services
Authorization / continued stay / discharge go through – navahealth
Rather than work with Humana, work with Navahealth
Carecentric similar to Navahealth (maybe Wellcare) for the payor
Navahealth – prior to PDPM – provide post acute facility they would set RUG level for Humana
With PDPM they coordinate they set the HIPPS score
Without an MDS
Town hall with payor
Don’t want an MDS
Do an OBRA assessment and manually enter HIPPS on the claim
Don’t submit the MDS
Completing
Don’t want section GG
Want all the supporting documentation
Put their own
Adding stringent NTA and Nursing and less reimbursement
Post-acute facility only negotiate change in reimbursement only while patient in facility
No post discharge rate appeal
Health plan side
Still reimbursing on levels
Some on PDPM
Expand contracting
Few still on RUGs
Jeremy do you want to talk about data and John Harned can talk about operations?
John
Screening
Referrals come into a SNF admission office staffed 7 days a week
What is your plan for weekends?
All agree on paperwork to send to SNF
Most hospitals agree on what they are going to send
Many come in electronically
Get access to the hospital EMR
Allscripts / Carespan????
Create a stop light process
Green – immediate yes (for example if your admission liaison is not a nurse)
Yellow – pause (push up to DON/ADON)
Red – get more info send to management for review Administrator / CFO (i.e. wounds)
Track your metric from Hospital on referral time
Track your metric on declines – must go to the administrator
Hospital wants to know how many taken, how many decline
Metric on authorization from Managed Care – many times the patient stays in the hospital until the SNF stay is authorized
Keep admission liaison in the hospital – go see patient and family and build a relationship before someone else does
Pre-admission
Watch medication list
Use pre-admission checklist that BKD uses
John:
INTERACT 2
Physicians and NP expected to be there 7 days a week
Need coverage on weekend
All admissions must be seen by NP in 24 hours
All admissions must be seen by Doctor in 72 hours
Helps with readmissions
If cardiac, neurology (Parkinson / stroke) and wounds, rehab (DR) – need an NP weekly
Need RNs around the clock – always
Make sure you have Standing orders for care pathways
Interact is a must – answer these questions before sending the patient out!!!
Using INTERACT call NP with your plan before you call 911
John Harned
Care Plan
Mini IDT Meeting in 24 hours for:
All admissions
All clinical changes
Within the first 24 hours:
Diagnosis decided, regardless of Bundle / Managed Care / PDPM
Decide potential discharge date within 24 hours
This is how we get everyone together
In your standups look at:
All discharges in next 24 hours
Look at discharges in next 72 hours
From these lists move people up or back
Working discussion
Only 30-minute meeting
Typically driven by ADON or DON
If charge nurse can attend it is great, if not make sure they get the information immediately!
Tried to pull charge nurse but they are trying to get discharges out the door
Also included are Social Worker, MDS, Therapy, DON, (Admin in and out)
IDT meeting weekly:
Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Doctor come to weekly meeting – you may even ask them to run the meeting
Remember this is managed care
Especially if this is a physician group bundle
They have skin in the game
Sometimes even the managed care case manager to see your process and gain trust in your organization
they usually come in first for their patients and leave
Maybe they even phone in
Sometimes the home health representative
Similarly, they come into the meeting for their patients only
Make sure we are using the pathways for the best results
Make sure everyone knows in advance what their responsibilities are to bring to the meeting
Higher clinical skills of the entire team
Julie Bilyeu
Question posed by Richard
Many tell providers to treat everyone like a Medicare patient,
But if you are a high volume MA provider and your contracts don’t require PPS assessments why are they doing them?
It is understandable to be safe rather than sorry
but in this day and age the SNF should know if they need PPS or just OBRA (READ THE CONTRACT)
so they can appropriately spend time where needed rather than wasting time on assessments which are not required
John Harned
Have a family meeting in first 48 hours
Know what the discharge location looks like in terms of support systems and barriers to success
Know within first 24 to 72 hours is discharge location optimal
Standing orders for pathways
May times the night nurse could be working on this
If not make it home in 21 days, then a real care plan
Create Email groups with MDS, Therapy, ADON & Social Worker
IF in doubt and problems arise remind to go back to care pathway
Pathways created – adoption Interact 2
Involve specialty groups for example for CHF patients get Cardiologist group to be in building
For example, everyone educated on signs and symptoms of fluid overload
Teach everyone, patient and family
Bought home scales, given blank calendar, do BP & Pulse
Don’t do special diets
Put symbols on menu
Give people choice
Adjust to lasics while there
If making bad choices at facility use meds to adjust
Develop Pain protocols – red light / yellow light / green light
Every four hours
Know what the goal is from the physician
Education to resident
Bundles may have protocols of their own
For example: Hip / knees
Create one which includes physician and hospital protocols
Get everyone to agree
To the extent possible keep them simple
Work with Home Health early in the process
Julie Bilyeu
Missing out on subsequent authorizations or extended authorizations which they should be able to setup a process/tracking for in MyUnity
John Harned
Each bundle company has different expectation
Update 24/48/72 hours
At 72 want discharge
Want 7 days
Explain why past 7 days
Add speech must get permission first
Not afraid of asking for AL respite stay
If you don’t abuse it
You will get support
Don’t wait till the discharge date to get approval
Do they have familial support systems?
All go through social worker / case manager
What are barriers from discharge to home
Humana will give quarterly data – in a 90-day window 5% may have over 5% under as well
Remidi partner check live time less than 5%
They will call you on train wrecks
Tell me up front not after
Extend a knee with pain
Comes down to trust
John Harned
Planning from day one
Teach wound vacs
Don’t wait
Nursing just important as rehab on the discharge
Make sure transition is smooth from SNF to HHA
Data on return to hospital is 30 to 45
Do satisfaction survey
Mailed back to administrator
Compiled by
Info goes to the quality assurance team
Julie Bilyeu
Question posed by Letricia
Other things to point our:
Not understanding the carve outs (items that can be billed separate) and leaving money on the table. For example some allow for additional revenue for high cost meds however they may have rules about these things needing authorized before hospital discharge.
Not having the software setup to create the claim correctly per contract guidelines (i.e. is it a LOC or PPS- what revenue codes etc.) and not having A/R set up correctly- not having payers split out so they can easily tell who owes the money.. i.e. having a generic Medicare Advantage payer is a bad idea for hundreds of reasons.
Not finding out and billing the cost share in advance and then not ever getting those classified over to private- or not understanding the rules for a dual eligible for their state if it’s billable/reimbursable to Medicaid
Not getting the authorization number(s) on the claim= poor communication not knowing where to input in MyUnity, etc.
Julie Bilyeu
Not billing the required compliance claim to Medicare
Not getting copies of cards to have the correct policy number
Not having a clearinghouse and trying to bill paper is a bad idea on the opposite end we see where people send claims and never follow up and realize later the claim never made it to the correct payer so follow up is key
Not knowing the rules for timely filing
Julie Bilyeu
Question came in from Carolyn
John Harned
Must educate home health team they can readmit to SNF
Bring back to SNF
Rather do this than send to the hospital
Needs to be more training
Many bundles (Remidi) go to home with RN and Social Worker
They have the knowledge to return to SNF
Ortho bundles don’t want RN on Home Health
See if you can get a nurse
Show hospitals data on benefit of readmit to SNF rather than hospital
Start calls after they leave
How are they doing
Buildings are implementing
Give them a script on what to ask
Make it a goal for 2020
Work with home health companies
Health plans evaluating home health networks on quality / stars / outcomes
Post-acute facilities monitor network
Check the star rating
Evaluate the network
Look at DME when is delivery / where is delivery / planning in advance
Must use the health plan network of DME
Pilot program of 30 day re-admit
Concerned about feedback – they will ask questions
Reach out to home care providers
Mitigate returns to the hospital
Most likely in first 7 days
Gather this data!!!!
Greater coordination is a must!
Who is placing the calls? Ask the health plan
Definitely fee for service