MystyDreamer

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1. Can you qualify med a for 5 days based on IV ABT during hospital stay?

   MystyDreamer posted a topic in MDS

   I was recently told to to a PPS for 5 days only due to IV antibiotics given in the hospital. When I asked for further confirmation was told it had always been done and that transfusions during hospitalization could be done the same way even though re...

2. MDS Team...Should it be decentralized?

   MystyDreamer posted a topic in MDS

   Our corporate offices have decided to decentralize the MDS by having different departments do their sections and their own CAA's. They are also to do their own input into the careplan itself. These department have had only 2 days of training by an ou...

3. MDS 3.0 Discharges

   MystyDreamer replied to texasheat's topic in MDS

   Thanks for the information. I think I have been seeing assessments in my sleep! I just couldn't see what to do for the forest of paper on my desk:uhoh3:

4. MDS 3.0 Discharges

   MystyDreamer replied to texasheat's topic in MDS

   I had a resident admiited to skilled, was here for 5 days, then d/c to hospital, stayed for 4 days, came back and is leaving monday for another facility. Do I have to do 2 admit tracking, 2 5 day PPS, 1 obra admit and 2 discharge tracking? This is ge...

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

   MystyDreamer posted a topic in MDS

   Does anyone have any good info on the CAT & CAA for 3.0? Our corp office wants us to use the forms in RAI to do the CAA's with....talk about labor intensive!!! Are most of you doing short summaries with references to data location in the chart? H...

6. Today is Oct 1st. All set?

   MystyDreamer replied to noc4senuf's topic in MDS

   Our powers that be decided at the last minute to revamp and add mds responsibilities to a bunch of untrained staff. This is a total nightmare. It was supposed to take a "workload" off of the mds office but it just added a lot of extra trouble and wor...

7. MDS 3.0 RUGIII to RUGIV Medicare PPS Transition

   MystyDreamer replied to Talino's topic in MDS

   Ok now i'm really confused. We called our CMS contact person to clarify the transition dates. What she told us and what i'm reading here is total opposites. If I do what she says it sounds like I will be in default days for most of my 25 skilled star...