FREE POST-ACUTE WEBINAR, FEB. 26:

Get clear guidance on what PDPM now expects from respiratory therapy — and how to protect the dollars you’ve earned.


Respiratory Therapy in the PDPM Spotlight

What’s Changing — and Why It Matters to Your Bottom Line

Respiratory therapy has long been viewed as a clinical service. Under PDPM, it’s also becoming a reimbursement, compliance, and audit issue.

As states adopt or expand PDPM Medicaid models, expectations around respiratory therapy documentation, nursing competency, and oversight are changing. Providers everywhere are asking the same questions:

What does PDPM actually require? How are respiratory programs reviewed? And how do we keep the dollars we’ve earned?

Join us as industry experts walk through how respiratory therapy fits into PDPM today — and where expectations are headed.

We’ll connect clinical best practices, documentation, and reimbursement realities to help teams understand how respiratory therapy affects survey readiness and financial outcomes.

What you’ll learn:

  • How respiratory therapy is evaluated under PDPM

  • Why documentation and nursing competency matter for reimbursement defense

  • Where RT programs are most vulnerable during audits and medical review

  • How PDPM expectations are shifting across states

  • Practical steps to reduce risk and protect earned reimbursement

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Respiratory Therapy in the PDPM Spotlight

What’s Changing — and Why It Matters to Your Bottom Line

Thu, Feb 26 | 1 pm CT (2 pm ET) | 60 min

Your experts

Becca Smith, RAC-CTA, MSHCT, MOT/L

VP of Reimbursement, Avir Health Group

Becca Smith brings more than two decades of experience helping skilled nursing providers navigate PDPM, Medicaid payment models, and survey readiness. She works closely with clinical and reimbursement teams to align documentation and nursing practices with evolving expectations, helping organizations protect earned revenue and stand up to medical review.

Albert Hoak, LNHA, RCP, RRT, CCT

President/CEO Aussie² Squared Consulting

Albert Hoak is a respiratory therapy and post-acute care consultant specializing in RT programs, nursing education, and documentation standards. With deep operational and clinical experience across skilled nursing and rehab settings, he helps providers build consistent, survey-ready respiratory programs that hold up despite staffing turnover and increased oversight.

Jason Jones

CEO, Carebility

Jason Jones is a healthcare technology leader focused on turning policy, data, and standards of care into clear guidance for frontline teams. With years of experience supporting post-acute providers nationwide, he brings a practical industry perspective on how PDPM trends, data visibility, and operational oversight are reshaping expectations for skilled nursing organizations.