MDS Alert
Develop A Training 'Quid Pro Quo' With
To share is to improve care ... and a "training exchange" with your referring hospitals can improve care of residents in both settings.
Offer to inservice hospital nursing staff on pressure ulcer prevention - and ask the hospital if they'd like to coach your staff on how to improve their acute-care skills.
"While long-term care nurses are very good at chronic care issues and preventing pressure ulcers, etc. ... they can often use inservicing in triage for acute conditions," says Beth Klitch, president of Survey Solutions Inc. in Columbus, OH. Failure to recognize a constellation of symptoms warranting immediate emergency attention is a weak area in long-term care, in general - and a common cause of lawsuits, Klitch notes. (For details on an emerging survey focus on this issue, see the February Long-Term Care Survey Alert.)
MDS Alert
- Medicare Billing & Payment:
Ringing Up Too Many Default Rates? Here's Why
There are only 3 reasons to bill the bottom-rung RUG
Think of Medicare default rates as [...] - SPECIAL FOCUS:
Restorative Nursing, Restore Your Outcomes And Your Bottom Line
Here's how to provide a restorative program that you can code on the MDS.
The motto [...] - Clip 'N Save:
Stumped On Writing Restorative Goals?
Follow these steps.
Want to write restorative nursing goals that will get residents back on their [...] - What Do You Think?
Question: Can the restorative aide document the resident's restorative program in the clinical record? Does [...] - SPECIAL FOCUS:
Program Assessment, Restore Your Perception of Restorative
Here's a quick way to find out if you're selling yourself short.
Your facility might [...] - CLIP-N-SAVE:
Know What Counts Before You Code Section P3a-k
When it comes to coding restorative nursing services, definitions tell the "rest of the story" [...] - Medicare/Medicaid Compliance:
Make Sure Physician Extenders Don't Stretch The Rules
Otherwise, you're risking technical denials, F tags and worse.
What's the one thing nurse practitioners and [...] - Management Strategies:
Improve Your PPS, Resident And Survey Outcomes
Take a proactive tack with your hospitals.
No person is an island, and neither is a [...] - Inservicing Tip:
Develop A Training 'Quid Pro Quo' With
To share is to improve care ... and a "training exchange" with your referring hospitals [...] - Medicare Legislation:
6 Payment-Related Provisions In The New Medicare Reform Law You Won't Want To Miss
The mammoth Medicare reform law contains some good news for nursing facilities on the payment [...] - MDS, Billing & Clinical News To Use
Check out the updated Beers list of potentially dangerous drugs for older adults. An expert [...] - Coding Quizzer:
Coding RT In Section P
Question: Can you code respiratory therapy treatments provided by a nurse in Section P1?
Answer: [...]
