glm777 BSN, RN

glm777 has 41 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in MDS Coordinator.

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1. fall r/t medical event

   glm777 posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   A resident had a seizure, fell, lost consciousness and received a laceration to his scalp. How would you code this in section J? His fall was related to a medical event - not a trip or loss of...

2. Section C & D - Interviewable or not?

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   My new SW has been attempting to do section C with almost every resident. She codes "yes" the interview should be conducted unless of course the resident is non verbal or 100% confused and unable to...

3. Missed an end of PPS MDS

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   I just realized a resident came off of Med A (remained in facility) on 11/10/22 and I never completed the end of PPS stay MDS. Should I do it now and will there be any financial ramifications?...

4. PDPM ARD

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   Resident admitted in March with supposedly 100 days of Medicare available. Set ARD for day 8, completed and transmitted the MDS. Resident had 3 MLOAs - upon return for each one - we did a five day on...

5. DRA dates

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   This new home that I have recently started at does things so differently than what I am used to! Can someone please clarify for me: Resident left facility on 7/26/22 at 11:35PM to go to acute...

6. Quality measures

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   Can someone tell me what months of the MDS are reflected in the July 2022 quality measures?

7. CMS form 672 and survey readiness (long)

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   Our program (Matrixcare) automatically populates the form each time we complete an MDS. However we have noticed that certain things didn't seem accurate. For instance, the program kept checking off...

8. Totally Dependent For Positioning

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   If a resident can hold onto the 1/4 siderail while being positioned or while being given incontinent care - should we be coding that resident as totally dependent for positioning or as assist since...

9. admitted from...2 questions

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   If a resident is coming from the hospital after a 1 day observation stay - never actually admitted to the hospital - do I code he was admitted from the community or from the hospital? Also - a...

10. coding communication

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    How would y'all code this resident for understands/understood? Sometimes or rarely? Me: good morning Mrs. S Mrs. S : hello Me: did you have breakfast yet? Mrs. S: I should have the...

11. CAAs and care plans

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    Their rationale is that it IS in the care plan. It's just not a separate care plan. I told them that I thought that just having it in one of the other CP - as an approach -didn't justify that we...

12. CAAs and care plans

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    I recently started a new job and the care plans are done 100% by nursing. When reviewing the CPs for my triggered CAAs I noticed they did not have a CP for antipsychotic Med. So I put one in…and was...

13. COS after MLOA

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    If a resident returns from an MLOA, how long do we have to determine if the resident is a significant change? Example: Resident returns from MLOA 11/21 (12 day hospital stay) Quarterly...

14. Section I0020 for OBRA only

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    In completing this section for our non skilled residents, do we have to use the most recent admitting dx or the dx that is keeping the resident in the facility? For example, our resident's last...

15. Interviews when working remotely

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    How are you all handling interviews when working remotely? I am working per diem for several buildings and they have asked that I work remotely to keep potential exposures from affecting several...