What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a series of updated web-based training courses on coding cross-setting data elements for Section GG of the post-acute care (PAC) patient assessment tools.
What else to know: Section GG collects admission and discharge information about functional status for patients in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs), and home health agencies (HHAs).
The data that is collected is included in patient reimbursement and in the providers’ quality assurance program (QRP). The training can be accessed on the CMS website: HH QRP, IRF QRP, LTCH QRP, and SNF QRP.
