What are legitimate MDS Certifications and How?

[j.zeus]

Who accredited organization such as NASPAC, ANAAC, and NRAI to become distributors of MDS Certifications???

[mdecastronp]

I am wondering why you asked? In CA, to get a course certified, it will have to be approved by the Board of Nursing. It is the same application as CEU provider except with a twist.

[j.zeus]

Everyone in NY says there's no such thing as a board of nursing approved mds certification... the people in charge of the MDS is really the CMS and they don't endose any certification including annac naspac or nrai

[mdecastronp]

There is no board approval here in CA also, but inorder for the training to be called a certification training, the Board of Nursing has to approve the class as a certification class versus a regular CEU class. I attended the AANAC training and was not very pleased since the CMS training in Blatimore closed and the August training was not projected then. I thought it was a money making deal. The training cost, at least $3000 for 3 attendees, not including expenses. In the end, I had to review the 3.0 MDS on my own to provide classes on it. Not really impress with the trainers since I worked with some of them in the industry. One trainer, was the consultant for a Rehab company I work with. That Rehab company had so many violations and very minimal understanding of the reimbursement. Really, I dont know how they screen their educators! You would think, that Rehab company should be up and up with what's going on and up-to-date since their consultant is AANAC certified and I found that to be the opposite. They dont even know how to code short stay and was arguing about payment!

[Ruas61, BSN, RN]

My AANAC training was very good. I had it in September. I felt it was worth it. I found joining them as a member was a good move too. I had access to some helpful information.