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MDS Alert
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Use This Tool To Get An 'A' In Attestation
Published on Thu Apr 14, 2005
CMS provides this example for dating and signing AA9.
Other Articles in this issue of
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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Get Your Info In A Row For Billing Medicare
Check out this form for improving billing accuracy.
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