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Tool: Check Out This Helpful RAI Manual Chart for EOT-R and COT OMRAs
MDS Alert
Tool:
Check Out This Helpful RAI Manual Chart for EOT-R and COT OMRAs
Published on Fri Oct 15, 2010
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MDS Alert
SNF PPS:
Nail Down This Latest Spate of CMS Clarifications
Also: Get tips on when to combine the COT OMRA with a scheduled PPS assessment. [...]
Medicare Part A:
Need a Quick Review of EOT and COT OMRA Definitions & Rules?
CMS provided the following information in its PowerPoint slides for the Nov. 3 national provider [...]
Management Tip:
Expert Suggests MDS Nurses Use This Approach for COT OMRAs
If they don't, this is what could happen. Marilyn Mines, BSN, RN, RAC-CT, BC, believes [...]
Tool:
Check Out This Helpful RAI Manual Chart for EOT-R and COT OMRAs
Rehab Trends:
Follow These SNF Providers Lead to Keep Residents' Rehab Attendance on Track
Also: Watch out for this potential problem. Sunshine Terrace Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Facility, which [...]
What Do You Think?
Question: During the Sept. 1 SNF/LTC Open Door Forum, a caller asked how you know [...]
Tool:
CMS Provides These 2 COT Evaluation Examples
Source: Slides from CMS' Nov. 3 national provider call. For an explanation of the charts, [...]
Research Study:
Families Share Their Impressions of Hospice Care in Nursing Homes
While positive, the research findings include a caveat. In an e-mail interview with MDS Alert, [...]
Coding Quizzer:
How Would You Code These 2 RAI Manual Examples at J1100: Shortness of Breath (dyspnea)?
Example No. 1: "Mrs. W. has diagnoses of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart [...]
Compliance:
Cover These Bases When Hospice Is on a Case
Do you have these documents in hospice patients' medical records? When VITAS Healthcare Corporation provides [...]
MDS Coding:
Know What's Required to Code Hospice in A1800 (Entered From) and A2100 (Discharge Status)
For A1800 (Entered From): "Code 07, hospice: if the resident was admitted from a program [...]
Payment, Compliance & Clinical News
Some SNFs are getting MAC letters about ultra high rehab. "Highmark, the MAC for J12, [...]
Clinical Tip:
Figuring Out Why This Resident Wasn't Participating in Therapy Paid Off
Rather than giving up on providing rehab, the team took a different tack. Pauline Franko, [...]
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