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1. After 2 months..what do you think of the MDS 3.0?

   evalesco replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS

   i don't have a problem with the 3.0 if we can completely cut out the discharge assessment. this is going to sound very bad, but......when i see a resident had died in the facility, i feel relief knowing i don't have to do a d/c assessment! here was a...

2. First batch submission for 3.0

   evalesco replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS

   Can you get your validation report? We are having trouble retrieving ours.

3. mds 3.0 - what WERE they thinking??

   evalesco replied to glm777's topic in MDS

   I watched that AANAC video, but I was so "lucky" to be in Vegas to hear the Gold Standard Nurses speak. It was a joke then, and it's a joke now. Their video is even more a joke. They really don't know what they are doing. They have been out of patien...

4. Who is your software vendor for 3.0?

   evalesco replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS

   We are on Matrix. It's okay. We liked pointclickcare at my company, but it was too expensive.

5. mds 3.0

   evalesco replied to luvwine's topic in MDS

   If they were admitted 9/9, just do the 30 day 10/1. From what I understood today, you will be paid that rate for the remaining 8 days the 14 day would pay for.

6. mds 3.0

   evalesco replied to luvwine's topic in MDS

   Well our plan is..... Social Services B, C D, E, and Q. Activities F Restorative G, H, P Dietary K MDS I,J,L, N, O Wounds M Therapy (part of O) Everyone is responsible for their own raps and care plans. This is the goal, now what is going to happen i...

7. MDS 3.0 RUGIII to RUGIV Medicare PPS Transition

   evalesco replied to Talino's topic in MDS

   I am preparing to have no life come October!!

8. MDS 3.0 RUGIII to RUGIV Medicare PPS Transition

   evalesco replied to Talino's topic in MDS

   Spotlight Skilled Nursing Facilities PPS The CMS website has some downloads for the transition from rugs III to rugs IV. We are redoing all our assessments on October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Yes it sounds crazy, but our company is not going to accept any ...

9. MDS 3.0 RUGIII to RUGIV Medicare PPS Transition

   evalesco replied to Talino's topic in MDS

   CMS was still revising the 3.0 RAI manual mid August at the Las Vegas conference. That is the reason your corporation seems slow to train everyone. I really do feel that my company and I are in this all together. I was at the AANAC conference in Las...

10. mds 3.0

    evalesco replied to luvwine's topic in MDS

    I believe CMS has some tools also MDS 3.0 Training Materials Nursing Home Quality Initiatives scrool down to the downloads and the second link is tools.

11. MDS courses through AANAC

    evalesco replied to exnavygirl-RN's topic in MDS

    The AANAC 3.0 course is a great start, after October 1st we will all be new. The 3.0 is going to be bringing some big changes and I believe the first month will be trial and error. So go for it, I do think it looks good on a resume that someone took ...

12. Nine Or More Meds?

    evalesco replied to mdsdebbie's topic in MDS

    :yeah::yeah::yeah: i laughed out loud!! so funny and true!

13. Mds-rugs

    evalesco replied to RondaS's topic in MDS

    The rap just indicates risk factors for dehydration, delirium, falls etc. But if you have a resident who is actuall showing s/s of dehydration that would be in your nrsg. notes, right? And your care plan should outline what your interventions would b...

14. Need Help With Rap Summaries For Delirium

    evalesco replied to MDSnursing's topic in Geriatric

    Delirium usually triggers due to decline in mood, and on new admits they usually will have a decline in mood, I just write ... Rap triggered due to decline in mood, no need to care plan, no s/s of delirium are present, refer to Mood rap and care plan...

15. MDS Cordinator

    evalesco replied to djewel's topic in MDS

    PPS is the payment system for medicare residents. Prospective Payment System. You are paid a per diem daily rate per the MDS codes. Each state varies. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SNFPPS/ I have always worked where they have two MDS nurses, one who does lo...