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Found it! Very nice!! Great job and thank you!! :-)

That's really cool. I make a lot of forms, but they stay in house. Are you still sharing your skilled charting cheat sheet? That has been on my agenda, but I don't even know where to start! :-)

I definitely want to take my nursing courses! I just don't want to take (and pay for) my pre-rec's again (English, math, elective gym, etc.) It just seems like a waste to me. :-(

Does anyone know of any legit online courses? My community college is telling me that my general ed./pre-rec courses are expired and that I will have to retake them all. I have been working as an LPN for almost 14 years. I believe it is 2 semesters worth of nursing classes for my RN license. I am not lazy, I just get so frustrated about this. I worked very hard but I quite at the LPN level for certain reasons, with the intention of returning. I paid for everything out of pocket and worked full time while going to school. Just want a little break. :-(

I have never issued an ABN (or even knew about them) since I've been in the MDS role. I always review/present the NOMNC at least 48hrs prior to the last covered day. I am just now seeing that if the Resident is going to remain in my facility long term, I am to issue an ABN at the same time? I have read all the info I could find but I am still so confused. The top of the form mentions "Medicare probably will not pay for...", and I am to list the service and the reason. I have no clue what I am supposed to fill in. And the cost of said service?? Could someone please give me an example? I was just informed that a Resident is being discharged from therapy on 9/15, so he will be resuming his Medicaid benefits on 9/16. I understand this is not new, and it is something I should have been doing all along, but I cannot imagine adding this to my plate. Is this always the MDS Coordinator's responsibility? Thanks in Advance! Amy

Recent Resident admitted for a short stay following a knee replacement. She stayed for 10d with Priority Advantage as her payor source. My preceptor taught me that if a managed care Res is here less than 14d, we can change the admission assessment to a 5d. I changed the assessment type and am currently inputting my data. Questions: Section GG - should I just select the "dashes" since this is a Med A requirement (at least at this time) only? Section A0600B: Medicare number (or comparable railroad insurance number) is blank and is "red" indicating an error. Do I disregard this as well? I am in the process of learning the submission process, but from what I do understand, managed care assessments are not submitted? My MDS preceptor/guru just retired so I am unable to bounce questions off her anymore. :-( I really appreciate all the help I have been given on this site. Thank you!! off topic - Would asking my boss for a membership to AANAC be beneficial? When I google MDS questions, many of the results reference that website. Thanks! -Amy

Unfortunately, my supervisor is the one who asked me to look into this. We are both concerned about miscoding and hoping to find more info. This is our first opportunity to code "isolation" since our facility moved to a new private-room only building. Thank you for responding though!

I believe my Resident meets the 4 conditions to code on the MDS: 1. C. diff 2. contact precautions 3. private room/bathroom 4. therapy will treat in room big question is - all of our rooms are private... she did have a room with a shared bathroom, so we did relocate her to a room with a private bathroom. I think that even though she was already in a private room, I would still code it as yes for isolation. Any input/suggestions?? Thank you!