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2006 Newsletter
Clip 'N' Save: Use This Tool To Accurately Estimate Residents' Time Spent In Activities
MDS Alert
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Use This Tool To Accurately Estimate Residents' Time Spent In Activities
Published on Fri May 26, 2006
Shore up coding accuracy at N2 before your next survey.
Other Articles in this issue of
MDS Alert
Assessment and Coding:
Master Ins And Outs Of Wound Coding In Section M
Use this guide to get this tricky section right.
Implement a best-practice system for assessing and [...]
Wound Assessment:
When The Dx of Diabetic Ulcer Fits, Follow These Steps
Identify and address these hard-to-heal wounds.
Just because Section M doesn't have a checkbox for diabetic [...]
Coding Tip:
Does Your Turning/Repositioning Program Meet The RAI Manual Definition?
If not, your facility could be headed for a wounding medical review.
Simply turning and repositioning [...]
Survey Compliance:
Use The MDS From 'AC To T' To Individualize And Report Activities
When you equate activities with Section N only, you're asking for F tags.
If surveyors tie [...]
Resident Assessment:
Keep These MDS Sections On Your Activities Assessment Radar Screen
Home in on this critical information.
To develop a top-notch activities plan requires you to get [...]
MDS Accuracy:
Empower CNAs to Report Accurate ADL Assessments
4 key strategies help frontline staff improve Section G1.
Your facility's ADL scoring is never any [...]
Care Planning:
Expect Surveyors To Check How You've Coded N2 (Average Time Involved In Activities)
Avoid the trap of not triggering the RAP.
Facilities that overstate the time residents spend in [...]
Reimbursement:
Refurbish Your Bottom Line--Incorporate Activities In Restorative Nursing
Check out this win-win' approach for your residents and facility.
Providing activities can pay--literally--if you incorporate [...]
Coding Quizzer:
Nail Down N5
Identify residents who want a change in their activities.
How would you code this resident's preferences [...]
Quality of Care:
8 Ways CMS Says You Can Help Residents Reengage
Here's how to help those who've lost interest in their usual activities.
A gentle nudge into [...]
Clip 'N' Save:
Use This Tool To Accurately Estimate Residents' Time Spent In Activities
Shore up coding accuracy at N2 before your next survey.
Continuing Education:
Test Yourself and Earn Free Nursing CEUs
MDS Alert is now offering nurses the opportunity to earn 4.5 contact hours in continuing [...]
MDS & Billing News To Use
Nursing homes are taking to DAVE 2 better than they did to its predecessor. That's [...]
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