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Hear The Latest And Greatest About Urinary Incontinence, Pressure Ulcer Care
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If you’re like most nursing home providers, pressure ulcers top the list of your patient care challenges. Surveyors are scrutinizing your pressure ulcer management like never before--and pressure ulcers are an increasingly common reason for litigation.
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Incontinence affects more than half of all residents in long-term care and aging facilities. The good news is that it can be treated and often cured, if your facility uses the correct incontinence management techniques. Listen to Top-Notch Incontinence Tips & How to Stay F315 Compliant presented by B.J. Collard on Aug. 22, 2007 to find out how. Learn more: http://www.audioeducator.com/
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MDS Alert
- MDS Accuracy:
Is 'Garbage In, Out' Syndrome Trashing Your MDSs?
5 ways to keep your assessments and coding from going astray.
Over time, inaccurate MDS assessments [...] - ADL Coding Tipster:
Dig Deeper When You See Limited Assistance
That holds especially true for a rehab patient.
You don't want inaccurately reported limited assistance for [...] - Pressure Ulcers:
New Staging Guidelines Increase Pressure To Juggle Standard Of Care And MDS Coding
Navigate the growing gap between the NPUAP guidelines and MDS.
The updated National Pressure Ulcer Advisory [...] - Medicare:
If A Resident Has Dehydration, Look To See If You've Captured These Conditions, Services
This way your coffers won't run dry due to untapped payment.
If a resident has dehydration, [...] - Risk Management Tip:
Chart The Good News About A Resident With A Wound
Spell out how the resident is doing well.
Suppose a nurse doesn't document that a patient [...] - Best Practices:
Prevent Unnecessary Rehospitalizations With Triage And Lab Strategies
Don't be known as the SNF that bounces residents back to the hospital.
Concern about rehospitalization [...] - What Do You Think? Which ICD-9-CM Code Should You Use For Dehydration?
The ICD-9 manual used to have only one catch-all code for volume depletion, which was [...] - Best Practices:
Certain MDS Items Flag Residents With Higher Acuity
Let your documentation spell out your assessment, care.
If your preadmission or admission assessment reveals a [...] - Coding Quizzer:
Would You Code Abnormal Labs At P9 For These Residents?
Question No. 1: Mrs. Smith receives warfarin (Coumadin) for a recent bout of thrombophlebitis. Mrs. [...] - Trends:
Could The CARE Postacute Assessment Tool Replace The MDS?
Find out why you should care about the CARE.
Potentially coming to SNFs, home health, inpatient [...] - Continuing Education:
Hear The Latest And Greatest About Urinary Incontinence, Pressure Ulcer Care
Get a 15 percent discount on your next audioconference.
Incontinence affects more [...] - Clip and Save:
Evaluate Infection Assessment
Find out if your approach needs debugging.
Does your facility complete a comprehensive assessment for residents [...] - MDS & Billing News
--Ready for a Medicare Part A reimbursement boost? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
