tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 23

LONG-TERM CARE: DAVE Comes Knocking On SNFs'Doors

Nursing homes will need to be proactive to dodge losses -- and even realize big gains. A visit from the Data Assessment Verification Project team may be enough to make even the coolest long-term care provider sweat, but consider this: In the long run DAVE may have a positive impact on reimbursement -- to the tune of $200,000 or more in a single quarter. "It's a wake-up call," offers Leah Klusch, nurse consultant and executive director of The Alliance Training Center in Alliance, OH. Ever since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began piloting its now...

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