• 1 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: Stay Out of a Survey Bind: Tighten Up Pain Assessment

• 2 CARE PLANNING : Tap the MDS and Survey Guidance to Create a Pain RAP

• 3 MDS 3.0: It's Official: CMS Pushes Back MDS 3.0 Rollout

• 4 RAI Compliance : Get Your SNF on Top of These 2 RAI Manual Changes

• 5 Medicare: Preempt Payment Recoupments and Worse With This RAC Risk Management Plan

• 6 If RAC Auditors Come Knocking, Stand Your Ground

• 7 MEDICARE: Keep Your Payment and Compliance on Track With Your New MAC

• 8 WHAT DO YOU THINK? When Do You Include a Pneumonia Diagnosis on a Claim for a Rehab Patient?

• 9 Test Yourself (Answer) Where Do You Capture Restorative Nursing on the MDS?

• 10 TOOL: Give Your Staff's Pain Assessment Prowess a Check-Up

• 11 CODING QUIZZER: Get in the Groove for Coding Mood (E1)

• 12 MEDICARE NEWS