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Updates to the VistaKEANE Resident Care Management and Financial Management systems offer many valuable enhancements that were requested by our clients.
The 4.3.1 update to the Resident Care Management System provides more than 100 enhancements, including additions for the MDS, such as tracking of Significant Change and of completion status. Care Plan was redesigned to make it even more efficient. A Category feature was added to VistaKEANE Progress Notes to extract notes by topic, such as fall, pain, infection, or a RAP.
The Resident Account Management 2.4 update includes a redesigned Collections Note module along with the ability to import Electronic Remittance Advices in the HIPAA 835 format. There were also many enhancements to the RAM Resident Funds application as well.
The latest update to our Financial Management software includes enhancements to Payroll, Accounts Payable, General Ledger & Budgeting, and Materials Management.
Read more about these updates in the Keane Care newsletter, available at www.keanecarrier.com.
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The Healthcare Solutions Division (HSD) of Keane, Inc., recently announced that Jeff Jordan was appointed Managing Director of Keane Care. In this role, Jeff will lead operations of the branch and the VistaKEANE product line, focusing on client satisfaction and ensuring that client commitments are met.
With 20+ years of healthcare IT experience, Jeff is an accomplished professional with both hospital and long-term care industry expertise. Jeff's previous experience includes the Keane Hunt Valley office, where he was Managing Director from 1998 to 2001.
In that position Jeff was instrumental in development, support, and marketing of the Resident Account Management module (RAM) and the Leadership Plus product line, the pre-cursor to VistaKEANE.
Since 2001, he has served as Managing Director of the Keane Jacksonville branch, where he helped launch the fully integrated and browser-based Keane InSight hospital information system.
Jeff recently relocated to the Seattle area and will work out of the Keane Care office based in Bellevue WA. He replaces Zoe Bolton who left the company to pursue other opportunities.
Keane has full confidence that Jeff, with his considerable experience and vast industry knowledge, will lead the branch in providing quality and effective solutions that meet the needs of our post-acute care clients.
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Keane Care is pleased to bring long-term care and post-acute providers the next level of information technology with Keane Analytics powered by MinePoint. It gathers critical business data from your VistaKEANE Suite of applications, turns it into meaningful information, and delivers it to you through:
- Executive Dashboards - real-time snapshots of key indicators such as Census, AR days, QIs, with the ability to drill down to source data and create on-the-fly reports and graphs
- Workflow Alerts - set up conditions, such as an increase in AR days or falls. If the criteria is met, Analytics follows your instructions and automatically sends alerts, such as an e-mail, page, or fax, to the specific individuals
- Data Mining and Reporting - unlimited access to the data in all VistaKEANE products with the ability to combine that data, for single or multiple facilities, to answer an unlimited number of questions
- Report Warehousing - Capture and achieve any VistaKEANE report and store a snapshot for later retrieval and analysis
Click here to learn more about this powerful enhancement to the VistaKEANE system. If you would like to schedule a demonstration of Keane Analytics, please call 800.426.2675 or email info.ltc@keane.com.
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CMS has released guidance removing federal barriers to using electronic signatures for MDS assessments. Electronic signatures may be used as long as their use is not limited by state or local rules and the facility has policies that authorize them.
Electronic signatures will eliminate the need for handwritten signatures on hard copies of the MDS assessment. Access to clinical records must be available to surveyors.
Keane Care development staff are reviewing methods of adding this function to VistaKEANE Resident Assessment. Click here to read the CMS memo.
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Ever wonder what happens to all the MDS data submitted by thousands of LTC facilities? One answer is that CMS generates reports showing how frequently specific MDS items, QIs, and RUGs are triggered. Reports were recently added with more current data; they are available in six categories:
- MDS Quality Indicator Report
- Active Resident reports
- Assessment Counts by Reason for Assessment
- RUGs: frequencies and percentages
- RUGs by Reason for Assessment
- MDS Frequencies Report
All reports are available from this website: www.cms.hhs.gov/states/mdsreports/.
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The Medicare Part A co-insurance rate for 2005 is $114. That rate is effective January 1, 2005, replacing the 2004 rate of $109.50.
Instructions for updating the rate in Keane Care billing software are posted on the Insider, the clients-only area of our Website (password required).
Click here for instructions for Resident Account Management (RAM).
Click here for instructions for DOS Accounts Receivable.
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The DAVE program is contacting 2000 facilities in 2004. The Data Assessment and Verification (DAVE) program's objective is to assess the accuracy of MDS data. To do so it has been authorized to audit MDS assessments and claims, as well as adjust payment for facilities participating in Medicare and/or Medicaid.
DAVE's preliminary activities showed discrepancies commonly occurred in these MDS sections: G - Physical Functioning, I - Disease Diagnosis, J - Health Conditions, O - Medications, and P - Special Treatments.
The first DAVE Tip Sheet, posted on the website, provides guidelines for assessing MDS section G, Self Performance. Click here to visit the DAVE website.
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Join us in Las Vegas!
2005 Keane Client Conference
May 22-25, 2005
JW Marriot Las Vegas Resort and Spa
Las Vegas, Nevada
Keane’s Annual Conference is a great way to meet with peers from across the country, learn more about your VistaKEANE system, and gain insight into issues facing Long-Term and Post-Acute Care.
Watch for registration information to arrive soon in the mail. For more information, contact us at 800-699-6773 or email us at info.hsd@keane.com.
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New QM: Weight Loss
Starting November 18, 2004, a new Quality Measure is being reported on CMS's Nursing Home Compare Website. It's triggered by a 5 percent or more loss in body weight in one month (a response of 1 at MDS item K3a). Residents receiving hospice care are excluded.
Nursing homes can preview their results before they are posted at www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Home.asp.
Quality Measure information for providers is posted at www.cms.hhs.gov/quality/nhqi/default.asp
New Surveyor Guidance on Pressure Ulcers
CMS has released a complete replacement for the current Guidance to Surveyors regarding Tag F314 and new language was added to Tag F309 to include certain definitions of non-pressure related ulcers. Click here to read the revision.
Consolidated Billing Refresher
Ten recent CMS Medlearn Matters articles clarify some SNF Consolidated Billing rules. Part of the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS), Consolidated Billing (CB) assigns SNFs the responsibility for billing Medicare for virtually all services received by SNF residents in Part A stays. The articles are numbered SE 0431 through SE 0440 and are available at: www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/matters/
Beneficiary Notice Delay
The date when use of the new Medicare non-coverage letter is required was extended beyond October 1, 2004. CMS encourages providers to start using the new form, CMS-10055 (SNFABN) now. It is available at this CMS Website: www.cms.hhs.gov/medicare/bni/default.asp.
KeaneCARRIER News Journal Now Online
The Keane Care client newsletter is now available to all. Click here to see the latest issue.
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The Keane LTC Users' Group invites staff from all facilities using the VistaKEANE system to participate in their organization.
The mission of the Keane LTC Users' Group is to provide input to ensure all the products used by Keane Long-Term Care clients meet the ongoing requirements of the post-acute care community. The Users' Group is a self-governing body, independent of Keane.
Membership in the Users' Group is free and individuals determine their level of involvement.
Sign Up Now
Keane Care customers can visit the VistaKEANE Insider for more information and to sign up for the Keane LTC Users' Group.
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