MDS Coordinator Salaries

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Hi. I have been an LPN for 19 years, nearly all of those years spent in the same LTC facility. I have been MDS nurse (acting like an RN coordinator - scheduling, transmitting, in charge of PPS/Medicare decisions, etc) for 6 years. Last week I finally got my RN license - yahoo!!. Today they informed me my raise would be 72 cents. I was making 19.28/hr as LPN, now will be at $20 (with lots of experience). Can anyone share their salaries to see if I am in line with what I should be at. After all this hard work, I'm thinking it's time to look outside of LTC even though I love what I do.

Specializes in ER CCU MICU SICU LTC/SNF.
will someone please tell me what tiles are..........

under the texas case-mix reimbursement system, nursing home residents covered by medicaid are classified by nursing facility staff according to an index of 11 categories plus a default. this index is called the texas index for level of effort (tile). tile assessments reflect the residents' service and care needs, and also determine the daily reimbursement rates paid by medicaid on their behalf. nursing facilities are paid higher daily rates for patients with more severe illnesses and who require a more intense level of care.

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Thanks Talino - sounds like a fair system to me - better than the flat rate Oregon pays - altho it means more assessments. Oh well, can't have everything.

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.
under the texas case-mix reimbursement system, nursing home residents covered by medicaid are classified by nursing facility staff according to an index of 11 categories plus a default. this index is called the texas index for level of effort (tile). tile assessments reflect the residents' service and care needs, and also determine the daily reimbursement rates paid by medicaid on their behalf. nursing facilities are paid higher daily rates for patients with more severe illnesses and who require a more intense level of care.

indiana has the same kind of system. we refer to the cmi (case mix index). thanks for clearing this up.

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Ive been an LVN for 5 years and took a job as a Medicare Coordinator--which means I only do the Medicare MDS's and Care Plans and no TILEs--althought I am certified and they pay me 19.25/hr. Where are you located? That makes all the difference in the world!

DD

I am located in Newton, Tx.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.
under the texas case-mix reimbursement system, nursing home residents covered by medicaid are classified by nursing facility staff according to an index of 11 categories plus a default. this index is called the texas index for level of effort (tile). tile assessments reflect the residents' service and care needs, and also determine the daily reimbursement rates paid by medicaid on their behalf. nursing facilities are paid higher daily rates for patients with more severe illnesses and who require a more intense level of care.

thanks. here in massachusetts, we call 'em mmq's...sounds like the same thing. each resident here under masshealth (medicaid) is assessed and we get reimbursed depending on their level of care, which, as we all know, is never enough!

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I am in Ohio and we use same sort of system but called CMI (case mix index). I do all the mds coordinator work and supervise day shift staff. I work at a county facility and receive 20.50 an hour. The lpn's and stna's belong to a union and get raises and incentives. The RN's in the building do not belong to the union at present. I love my job most days, but.... It is getting so you can do an effective job because of everything else that has to be done.

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I am in Ohio and we use same sort of system but called CMI (case mix index). I do all the mds coordinator work and supervise day shift staff. I work at a county facility and receive 20.50 an hour. The lpn's and stna's belong to a union and get raises and incentives. The RN's in the building do not belong to the union at present. I love my job most days, but.... It is getting so you can do an effective job because of everything else that has to be done.

Is MDS certification an asset and does anyone know where in Texas you can get MDS certified?

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I Am A Lpn In Ohio And Have Been Doing Mds For 16 Years. I Am The Coordinator At My Facility And Make 28.08 An Hour And I Think I Am Under Paid. Its Alot Of Work And Your Job Brings In The Money

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Specializes in Geriatrics, WCC.

An LPN can complete the MDS, an RN must sign off on it. So, on the front where all the dept sign what section they completed is whre the LPN signs their name. At the end of the MDS, the RN must sign off on R2.

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I know they start an RN with 20.58 and 22 in some places but i don't really know about pay for somebody going from LPN to RN with experiences.

Please can somebody help me,i can find a job as an RN since i wasn't trained here and have not really worked here.I need help cos i really want to start working.

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I don't even mind working in nursing homes,all i want is to start wrking

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