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2009 Newsletter
TOOL: RAI Manual Chart Provides Simple Decision-Making Tree for Pneumococcal Vaccinations
MDS Alert
TOOL:
RAI Manual Chart Provides Simple Decision-Making Tree for Pneumococcal Vaccinations
Published on Sun Feb 15, 2009
Other Articles in this issue of
MDS Alert
MEDICARE:
5Ways to Keep Your Short-Stay Rehab Program From Falling Short
Put your post-acute rehab on sure footing in the clinical, fiscal, and compliance realms. To [...]
QUALITY OF CARE:
Tap This 3-Pronged Pneumonia Prevention Plan
Stave off this potentially lethal condition with the right clinical know-how. Nursing homes sometimes miss [...]
PREVENTIVE CARE:
Boost Your Pneumococcal Immunization Compliance: Know Who to Vaccinate and When
A few key principles keep you on the right track. All adults 65 years of [...]
TOOL:
RAI Manual Chart Provides Simple Decision-Making Tree for Pneumococcal Vaccinations
ADL CODING:
Don't Let Missing ADL Points Dock Your RUG Scores
Make sure these common examples stay on the RAI radar screen. Certain types of ADL [...]
CODING TIPSTER:
Simple StrategiesWill Make Your Bathing Coding Pristine
Sidestep common reasons for miscoding bathing and related ADLs. Bathing is one area where following [...]
QUIZZER:
How Would You Code Bathing for These Resident Scenarios?
Hint: Focus on the different rules for coding self-performance. Example No. 1: The resident received [...]
RISK MANAGEMENT:
Outcomes Not Improving? Get in a New QA Groove
Master the simple inside secret to implementing lasting changes. If your quality assurance team seems [...]
MDS 3.0 UPDATE:
Beware Medicaid System Changes, Software Ramp Up as October Rollout Looms
Case-mix jump, magnitude of software changes among top concerns. The MDS not only drives Medicare [...]
READER QUESTION:
How Do Mandatory Patient Lifting Requirements Affect ADL Coding?
Question: Our facility is thinking about implementing ergonomic-related safety requirements for nursing staff and therapists [...]
MDS & CODING NEWS:
Is your SNF on top of these errors in the 2009 ICD-9 Manual?
The American Medical Association recently identified several corrections to its 2009 ICD-9 manual that you'll [...]
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