Head, shoulders, curbs and elbows
In our post-acute world if we depend on basics alone, we limit ourselves in the specificity of measures we can achieve.
MDS
A natural evolution of the MDS coordinator: Nurse Informaticist
Jennifer Gross, BSN, RN-BC, RAC-CT, fascinates me. Most recently, she completed a graduate certificate program in informatics, a subject that is playing a critical role in the explosion of health information technology and the push toward healthcare reform.
Next week’s prize: free McKnight’s 5th Fall Online Expo
The event of the season is all but here — the 5th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo takes place Wednesday. Registration is ongoing and has been brisk for the trio of educational webinars.
Helping the assessors
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda galaxy.
The cheese has moved … will Sniff find it?
Imagine my surprise when several people came bearing the shocking news that “the MDS will not matter anymore” and that RCS-1 is “the end of the MDS.” Wait, what? Not on your life!
Aug. 9 webinar Gets Going on new MDS Section GG
National expert Leah Klusch will lead attendees at an August 9 webinar through the skills and knowledge they need to master the newest MDS section: GG — Functional Abilities and Goals. “How to get the MDS Section GG right from the start” will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern. The McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar offers free CE credit.
Dates, accurate data remain problems, MDS expert warns
Accuracy mistakes in MDS 3.0 data may cause additional payment problems, a reimbursement expert warns.
Ask the payment expert … about MDS
The state may be using the MDS data and RUG levels to determine the “expected staffing” that compares the staffing levels to the RUGs levels.
Expanded surveys will focus on staffing, MDS coding
Special surveys to determine Minimum Data Set coding accuracy and nursing home staffing levels will occur nationwide in 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in an Oct. 31 memorandum. A five-state pilot of the focused surveys concluded in August, and there were deficiencies reported on 24 out of 25, according to CMS.
DOJ the latest to pile on in therapy-billing mess
Don’t let anyone tell you that long-term care operators don’t know how to read between the lines. They might not have known to fear a McKnight’s Daily Update item before it appeared Sept. 8. But it quickly and definitely earned their attention — and apprehension.
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