Correctly coding the MDS drives your care plan, your quality indicators, quality measures, survey, and reimbursement — in other words, your facility's survival. Because the 10-page assessment form is so complex and so critical, you need all the help you can get to fill it out accurately. PPS Alert for Long-Term Care is the industry's original and leading resource devoted specifically to the needs of the MDS coordinator. This monthly newsletter will become your survival guide to the Resident Assessment Instrument.
PPS Alert for Long-Term Care readers receive a 12-page issue every month, chock-full of:
- Up-to-the-minute analyses on the latest MDS coding changes to the form itself
- Easy-to-understand explanations of government MDS accuracy programs, such as CERT, the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing program and the next incarnation of DAVE, the Data Accuracy Verification program
- Painstaking dissections of all the trickiest coding sections of the form, such as the ADLs in Section G, ulcers in Section M, and pain in Section J
- Two pages of MDS Q&A each month written by industry expert Julia Hopp
- Case studies on how other facilities distribute MDS responsibilities, incorporate care plans, and double check MDS coding
- Best practices on documentation, including sample forms and policies for you to adapt and use in your own facility
- Timing and scheduling tips, such as when to fill out the different kinds of MDSs and what their appropriate HIPPS codes are
- Updates on what's coming in the MDS Version 3.0
- And much more!
Enjoy FREE, fully searchable, online access to every issue!
A one-year print subscription to PPS Alert for Long-Term Care also buys you FREE electronic access to every issue. With a few clicks of your mouse, you can read current and past issues with your easy-to-use online account.
Some free subscriber benefits include:
- SNFinfo Connection — this free e-mail newsletter delivers the latest weekly news on the long-term care industry, including PPS, MDS, reimbursement changes, Medicare billing compliance, fraud news, and staffing issues
- AskSNFinfo Talk — our Internet discussion group set up for networking with peers about hot PPS and MDS issues
- E-Blasts — whenever news happens that just can't wait, subscribers receive the pertinent information by e-mail so they'll always be the first to know
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