meghan61

meghan61 has 28 years experience and specializes in LTC QI MDS.

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1. What does your username mean?

   meghan61 replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

   Meghan is the name I wish I had been given along with my birth year. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all. Give the gift of Presence this year! Presents with a C and not a T. Spend some time with others this year instead of physical gifts.

2. MDS courses through AANAC

   meghan61 replied to exnavygirl-RN's topic in MDS

   I would take the RAC-3.0 through AANAC. I just finished my tests online last month. I took the course locally and it wasn't the best so if I had to do over again I would take the course online and then test online. Good luck!

3. CAT & CAA's...help!!!

   meghan61 replied to MystyDreamer's topic in MDS

   The AANAC website has the CAAs in Word or PDF format. It looks like a checklist for the triggers.

4. No experience with MDS, can you learn it?

   meghan61 replied to erinp88's topic in MDS

   If it is what you want to do, apply for it. Keep in mind you will have to learn as you go and you will be required to put out a volume of accurate MDS. We have all been new at one time though. It will require longer hours in the beginning and the d...

5. New RNAC

   meghan61 replied to itthybitthythpider's topic in MDS

   I forgot the most important thing...SAVE ALL YOUR EMAILS!!! Since we now communticate via emails, save them, forever. Create folders by department and move them to the folders. You can print them as proof that you had communication with a department...

6. New RNAC

   meghan61 replied to itthybitthythpider's topic in MDS

   ]Write down everything that you do for each day of the week. ]It sounds crazy but after doing this for many years, I found that writing down my routine for each day helps me streamline the process and also make sure that each component of my work is...

7. Problems with MDS submission in NY

   meghan61 posted a topic in MDS

   I work in a New York facility and have been completing MDS since the inception. It is a 300 bed RHCF.The woman that does the actual submission is a secretary who was trained by the former Medical Records person. I have had problems with her changing ...

8. MDS Tools

   meghan61 replied to NJMDS's topic in MDS

   We are using a "Med A tracker form" and meeting twice per week to flex our ARDs. I don't know who created the Med a tracker form, though. I cannot attach it here , it is an .XLS file. Send me your email, and I will get it to you.

9. Turned in my Resignation

   meghan61 replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS

   To VeryberryRN- in 1986 NYS was still using RUGs II, or PRIs. I have been licensed in NY since 1982 and have worked in SNFs all my career. I started UR in 1988, we trialed the MDS in the fall of 1989 and it became "official" in 1990. Demo project was...

10. timing nebulizer treatments

    meghan61 replied to kavdah's topic in MDS

    Thank you so much! You're the best.

11. ICD-9 codes

    meghan61 replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS

    I use an online website. Just search for ICD-9 codes and several sites will pop up.

12. case mix question

    meghan61 replied to chlori's topic in MDS

    We are in Upstate NY and just brought our Medicaid rate up to 0.92 from 0.86. I found that we were missing a significant number of Dr visits/order changes, so we corrected that during our last assessment period. I also found that some hemiparesis/ple...

13. Medicare chart requirements

    meghan61 replied to samsim's topic in MDS

    Does anyone know when NY will be required to convert to an electroni medical record?

14. Anyone using Care Tracker and will it change with 3.0?

    meghan61 replied to mdsmadness's topic in MDS

    We have used Caretracker for the last 7 years. It is a great tool but we still have issues with incorrect coding levels especially for ADL's. As far as the reports that can be generated it is wonderful. But there is alway an error variance with ADL ...

15. timing nebulizer treatments

    meghan61 replied to kavdah's topic in MDS

    I just attended a seminar and asked the AANAC MDS 3.0 Nurse guru how she would recommend meeting the criteria for capturing nebulizer treatments on the MDS. To meet the "trained nurse component" she recommended having return demonstrations in each n...