MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV Troubleshooting With Diane Brown: An Interactive Q&A

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by: MDS 3.0 Boot Camp

Presented on Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Specific answers to your PPS questions.

MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV are your new reality, but is your facility keeping up? If you are struggling to efficiently complete the new assessment process and worry about getting the dollars you deserve, you are not alone, and we have someone who can help. Join HCPro’s regulatory specialist Diane Brown, who will answer your specific MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV questions in this unique, interactive audio conference. Diane explains how to overcome common challenges during the early adoption of the MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV, and then answer questions during an extended 45-minute question-and-answer session.

We guarantee your question will be answered!
As a bonus, following the program, you will receive a special report containing questions and answers from the show, as well as Diane’s written response to any submitted queries that went unanswered during the live audio conference. This format ensures that all of your questions are answered, and that you leave the program with a valuable reference guide addressing relevant MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV issues faced by you and your peers.

By attending this program, you will:

• Avoid common pitfalls that cost you time and money
• Hear from your peers on their most confusing MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV issues
• Get trusted insight from the industry’s leading MDS 3.0 educator, Diane Brown
• Walk away with in-depth analysis of your specific MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV challenges

Agenda

• MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV Trouble-shooting
  • Combining of PPS assessments
    • Start of therapy and end of therapy OMRAs
    • How these assessments affect your RUG-IV score
  • Perfect the resident interview process
    • Responding to the interviews
    • Dealing with difficult residents
  • Time management
    • How to organize your staff and use your time wisely
  • Communication: what to do with your data
  • Learning the common CAA relationships under MDS 3.0
  • Status update on pending RAI changes
• Ask Diane: An interactive Q&A
  • Regulatory Specialist Diane Brown answers your most pressing questions in a 45-minute Q&A session

MEET THE SPEAKER

Diane Brown, BA, regulatory specialist, HCPro, Inc. Brown is a long-term care educator, consultant, editor, and author with more than 25 years of operational experience in healthcare. She serves as the lead instructor for all of HCPro’s long-term care boot camps. She is a nationally recognized leader in helping post-acute care facilities to thrive as they contend with tighter funding, new reimbursement methodologies, and fewer resources.

BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET

In addition to the expertise and information presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials pack:

• Post program transcript for all the attendees
• CAA example
• "Interviewing tips for the MDS 3.0" (an excerpt from the HCPro book Interviewing Essentials for MDS 3.0 and QIS)

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

MDS coordinators, administrators, therapists, CFOs, DONs, ADONs, business office managers, billers, nurses, activities/dietary professionals, RNACs, social workers.

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

Purchase a CD or an audio on-demand of the audio conference and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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