Re: MDS Coordinator salaries Originally Posted by kcmds HELLO. I am a MDS Coordinator in Rhode Island and have been for more than 10 years. I make 28.50 an hour and could have asked for more. The benefits are not that great. The whole question of MDS Coordinators vs DON/ADON. You can not compare apples to oranges. All the have very distinct roles and those roles vary greatly from facility to facility. I don't want there jobs and they do not want mine. As far as who should make more the ADON or the MDS Coordinator...They should be on an equal playing field. Both have a lot of responsibility just in different ways...salary should be equal. Just my opinion.
At the risk of getting flamed....I've been the PPS/MDS coordinator for a building whose Medicare census averaged 28/month and I've been (and currently am) an ADNS. The MDS job was straight forward ...I was responsible for MDSs and care plans...money..making the most we could. And it was an important job but I was only responsible for my actions. Being the ADNS, however, I am (along with the DNS) responsible for EVERYTHING...if a nurse screws up, if an aide screws up, if a kitchen person screws up. There really is no comparing the two.
HELLO. I am a MDS Coordinator in Rhode Island. I have been for more than 10 years. I make 28.50 an hour and could have asked for more. The benefits are not that great in my company and that seems to be the trend in long term care. Does anyone know about Arizona salaries for MDS Coordinators? I am going to be relocating within the next year or so.
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