AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
sponsored by The MDS Self-Audit: A Practical Guide to Ensuring Minimum Data Set Accuracy
presented on March 16, 2006
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CMS is bringing back DAVE—are you ready?
That's right, CMS is now planning pilot projects very much like the old Data Assessment and Verification (DAVE) program—which will add further scrutiny to your MDSs. But if you audit your own assessments, you'll be less liable to get burned by DAVE reviewers.
Ensure MDS accuracy—and get the reimbursement you deserve
Inaccurate MDS assessments translate into valuable lost dollars for your facility. How can you avoid this? The answer is simple: You need to learn to self-audit your MDS assessments to make sure you are on track with reimbursement, care plans, quality indicators, and quality measures. Let leading industry expert Rena R. Shephard show you how during the 90-minute audioconference, Rena Shephard's MDS Self-Audit: How to Implement a Program for Optimum Accuracy and Appropriate Reimbursement. She'll lead you step-by-step through a proven process to clean up common MDS errors.
Benefit from expert advice
During this important audioconference, Shephard will guide you through the most common MDS and Medicare Part A errors and arm you with the information and tools you need to avoid them. She'll also walk you through the different kinds of audits available to you, and advise you on how to choose the most appropriate one and immediately put it into play at your facility. At the end of the presentation, you'll be able to pick the brain of one of the nation's most established MDS experts during the 30-minute question and answer session. It's an opportunity you can't afford to pass up.
Listen to this valuable audioconference to ensure accurate MDS assessments. You'll improve quality of care, get better survey results, and receive proper reimbursement as a result.
AGENDA:
- The most common MDS errors and how to avoid them
- The most common Medicare Part A coverage errors and how to avoid them
- The goals of internal facility auditing: Concurrent and retrospective audits
- Different types of audits and how to pick the best ones for the right tasks
- Organizational processes that foster MDS accuracy
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the 5 most common MDS errors and how to avoid them
- Identify the 3 most common Medicare Part A pitfalls and how to avoid them
- List 2 examples of how to select the auditing process best suited for a particular task
- Demonstrate the process of conducting an audit for MDS accuracy
- Describe 2 organizational processes that can have a significant effect on MDS and Part A accuracy
Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Rena R. Shephard, MHA, RN, FACDONA, RAC-C, is the president of RRS Healthcare Consulting Services in San Diego, providing long-term care consulting and training services to facilities, corporations, and attorneys nationwide. A nationally recognized expert on MDS coding and the RAI process, she serves as a consultant to several of CMS' MDS-related projects and to state Quality Improvement Organizations.
Shephard, who is the founding chair of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators, was a Director of Nursing Services in skilled nursing facilities for 14 years, with expertise in all aspects of long-term care. She is the author of a number of books about resident assessment and care in nursing homes, and she is a national speaker on those topics. Her latest books are The MDS Self-Audit: A Practical Guide to Ensuring Minimum Data Set Accuracy and the e-MDS: An Interactive Companion to the RAI User's Manual, both from HCPro.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
MDS coordinators, MDS nurses, members of interdisciplinary team responsible for MDS accuracy, directors of nursing, administrators, Medicare case managers, and admissions staff.
PROGRAM MATERIALS:
Program materials will be provided with PDF links.
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