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MDS Alert
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Published on Thu Apr 14, 2005
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MDS Alert
Medicare and Medicaid:
Keep Your RUGs Out Of A Rut
These 4 RUG profiles can dig a facility into a payment deficit.
Keeping an eye on [...]
MDS Coding:
Undercoding Depression Can Cause Fiscal Blues
Compare the clinically complex RUGs for residents with and without depression (based on FY 2005 Medicare [...]
RAI Compliance:
Master Latest Wave Of MDS Coding Changes For May 1 Implementation
Update affects ADLs, therapy, restorative, wound coding and more.
If you feel as if you're already [...]
RAI Manual Update:
CMS Tries To Take The Pressure Off For Coding Skin Conditions
RAI manual clarification aims to prevent coding redundancy.
Question: What type of ulcers do you code [...]
Coding Quizzer:
Section M1
How would you code the following example in Section M1 (ulcers)?
Mrs. L has end-stage metastatic [...]
Regulatory Compliance:
Nail Down Who Signs What, When On The MDS
RAI manual clarification provides key compliance instructions.
Hot off the press: Staff responsible for completing any [...]
MDS News:
New Section W To Capture Flu/Pneumonia Vaccinations
Here's what you need to know now.
MDS section "W" will be asking a couple of [...]
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Use This Tool To Get An 'A' In Attestation
CMS provides this example for dating and signing AA9.
Resident Assessment:
Assessing Cognitive Or Psychotic Sx? Round Up More Than The Usual Suspects
The resident's real problem may be easily correctable.
If a resident has Alzheimer's, you might be [...]
Assessment Tip:
Don't Let Your Residents Be Light - Or Heavy - Weights
Color-coding scheme tips scales toward improved accuracy. Weighing patients can trip up your quality indicators [...]
Test Yourself:
Weigh In On Coding Section J1a
True or false?
You don't code J1a on the MDS (weight gain or loss of [...]
Medicare Compliance:
Spare A Resident's Medicare Days And Strike Out In The Compliance Arena
Find out why this often good-faith effort is a bad compliance idea.
Saving a resident's [...]
MDS & Billing News To Use
The MDS 3.0 is moving along, although don't look for the instrument to be ready [...]
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