Medicare Meeting

[sls73]

I am trying to revamp our medicare meeting. It's still being done the way it has always been which is primarily a narrative or recap of how the residents doing in therapy ie- how many steps they are taking. Is thier guidelines that you use that you wouldn't mind sharing? I feel it should be more focused on discharge planning.

Thanks in advance for any information you are willing to share!

[tewdles, RN]

I thought the focus of these meetings were supposed to be problems/goals/interventions/outcomes...

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

As a former PPS MDS coordinator, the focus of our meetings was how long is the resident going to be on Med A and are they making progress toward the goal. A brief recap of their progress since the last meeting is okay as long as it stays focused and has some impact on their length of stay. Good luck.

[iceprincess492]

We usually run around 46 skilled/mgc residents and we try to keep our meeting under an hour. We discuss primary dx for new res, therapy LCD, any nursing skilling services/teaching needing done before d/c, next ARD, current RUGs score and current LOS. Our administrator runs the mtg and we have MDS, social worker, admission director, Therapy manager, ADON and med director in attendance.