Increasing Reimbursement

The increased CMI score paid for the system in the first year.

CareTracker helps increase reimbursement in several ways. Because of these features and many others, more than 80% of all CareTracker facilities increase Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement after implementing CareTracker.

Copying:

Each nursing assistant now has to think for herself and not rely on what someone else charted. Differences in residents' abilities from shift to shift and time of day are now apparent.

With CareTracker, employees cannot see what the previous shift recorded. So copying from shift to shift is a thing of the past. In fact, many CareTracker facilities see for the first time that residents' conditions really do fluctuate. CareTracker helps identify those fluctuations, and that impacts RUGs levels and case mix.

Compliance:

We are much more confident of the accuracy of the staff’s charting and the integrity of the data going into the system.

About 30% of what should be documented in most nursing homes is never documented. Since many of the MDS sections use occurrences to determine acuity and reimbursement, missing 30% of the documentation dramatically reduces acuity and the related reimbursement. In addition, CareTracker’s innovative features force compliance, which provides 100% completeness and accurate reimbursement.

Complexity:

Thanks to CareTracker I’m getting a much more accurate MDS. I can see when behaviors are more common, when more care is needed, and we’re all able to give our residents better care here at our facility.

When is a one a two and a two a three? When you're coding the MDS, of course! When two people assist a resident, it should be coded as a three in section G of the MDS.

It's no secret that it can be difficult to code the MDS, but CareTracker makes it easy. Nursing assistants simply answer the prompts on the screen. The system takes care of all the coding behind the scenes.

Increasing Reimbursement

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