AAPACN's PDPM Game Plan

To help nurse assessment coordinators and facility staff improve their confidence in managing PDPM, AAPACN’s PDPM Game Plan delivers 80+ pages of interactive, downloadable tools, checklists, and resources all in one convenient PDF resource.

Put these tools to work for you today!

• PDPM Calculation Worksheet to guide you in the determination of HIPPS codes
• Interrupted Stay Policy Tracking tool to help you and your team track interrupted stays and ensure correct billing for days not covered by Medicare
• PDPM Case-Mix Group Conversion to HIPPS Characters Tool to help you gather the HIPPS characters under each payment group for the HIPPS code you’ll need to identify a SNF resident’s payment classification
• Tools and considerations for when to complete an interim payment assessment (IPA)
• Top five mistakes made when assigning ICD-10-CM codes in the SNF so you can avoid them
• PDPM Admission Checklist Tool to help you collect information needed at the time of admission
• Tools to help you audit billing and reimbursement
• Detailed review of the risk of payment penalty for late or missed assessments under PDPM

Updated November 2023