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I have a 16 bed skilled area that I complete mds on. We have 160 bed facility and i can have skilled patients in any of the other beds also. I look up information on admits-dx, continency, what aides should monitor for, any restrictions; i.e. ortho w...

I am an MDS Coordinator in a 16 bed skilled area and 16 bed icf area. The other 124 beds are also skilled certified. I recently got disciplined, written warning, for when I was ill 2 skilled assessments got done late and I could have corrected it. It...

do you have any forms that are helpful to complete these? My superiors seem to think since I do the MDS for the skilled and ICF elders I know and remember everything. My RN Manager says we are doing them together. Thanks!

Can anyone recommend a good electronic medical records software for long term care? If so, can you tell me cost? Thanks!

Our facility just became dually certified as SNF/ICF. I was wondering if anyone could tell me their main duties as a medicare coordinator. I just switched to this position after 13 years as an MDS nurse. My boss has not given me a job description and...

Basically overseeing the skilled admissions and documentation, ensuring we are documenting what we need to support our services given; not a unit coordinator or case manager.

My facility just became a dually certified facility for ICF/SNF. I am the medicare manager and am in charge of setting the ARDs for these elders, reviewing our documentation, ensuring our certifications are received in a timely manner. I am having di...

so, you date them where the physician is supposed to date and time?

do they sign for the admission date? I wish we had the luck of all of them coming within first week.