When should these be signed?  Before the ARD?  After?  Staff interview question specifics??

What category does Covid fall into?  Dementia does not below in the neuro categories. 

Do not find yourself having a one on one with the OIG!  Who decides if the MDS person purposely miscoded an assessment?

I have my ADL charting in the notes, is that good enough?  Make sure you are using the ARD and two previous days for your ADL assessments!

When should isolation be coded?  What are the constituents of an MDRO?

Can I summarize?  Is an impaired BIMS enough documentation to mark the resident impaired?

What questions in section GG are used here?  Are these included in the 5-star rating?

Does changing physicians prompt a sig change?  My resident is leaving the facility after a major decline.  Do I complete a sig change?

What?  13 pages on CMS.gov?  We break this down to a very easy subset.  SNF QRP FY2026 APU Table for Reporting Assessme...

Does walking figure into the nursing CMI?  What about HIV or cancer?  We briefly cover the entire MDS to reveal what sections play into this calculation.  Tune in!

Is schizophrenia non-traumatic brain dysfunction or medically complex?  What category do I choose for this fall with a fracture and subsequent hip replacement?

Wait, my resident is NPO, how do I code eating?  My other resident has never ate by mouth?

Adding a section R?  What does that mean?  What will be in it?

Is this weight loss coded on the last MDS real?  Wait, my resident lost weight at 4 months but is back to normal.  Do I code this?  

The most common erroneously coded QM is a UTI.  Are you coding it wrongly too on the MDS?  How did the RAI change the coding in relation to sepsis last October?

We answer a few more of your questions and drop the new bombshell from Myers & Stauffer!!

What do we include?  What should we never do?  What is a leading query?

What is our role as MDS in the LTC hospice program?  What do we care plan for these residents?

A brief summary of our recent questions. 

I attended a Myers & Stauffer Missouri Medicaid Audit in its entirety.  Helpful insight into what the auditors are looking for.  Get the details here!

There is a typo on everyone's report!  How long will this rate be in effect?  The work we are doing now goes toward a rate when?  Is it too late to fix anything for January?

When do I update my care plan?  How long do I have to complete admission assessments when the resident has been back to the hospital?  Tune in now!

CMS now wants all SNF's to report all consultants, any company who leases SNF property, exercises operational or financial control, etc on their annual provider enrollment forms.  WHY?

What interventions should we put into the orders?  Should I care plan the breathing treatments?  What is a respiratory nurse?  Tune in for all the answers!

A few general QM questions, a mini Q & A. Tune in now!