MDS Alert
What Do You Think?
Published on Sat Jan 01, 2005 
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Question: Do Medicare regulations ever allow a facility to delay skilled services beyond 30 days following a three-day qualifying hospital stay?
See the answer in the February 2005 MDS Alert
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MDS Alert
- Payment and Regulatory Compliance:
Keep Your RUGs Straight And Enjoy A Clean Compliance Slate
Jettison this dangerous idea about MDS accuracy. Don't be misled: MDS undercoding can be a [...] - Survey Compliance:
When Residents Take Antipsychotics, Keep Your Eye On QI 19 And The MDS Driving It
Use these strategies to survey-proof your coding and documentation. The MDS tells surveyors a tale [...] - Coding Quizzer:
Be Forewarned When You Code B4
A quick assessment won't do the trick. If a resident seems to have severe cognitive [...] - Drug Monitoring:
Is That Antipsychotic Med Really Helping? Check These MDS Sections Before Surveyors Do
Hint: Evaluate target behaviors in Section E4, but don't stop there. Let the MDS be [...] - Medicare Payment:
Kick Your Medicare Skilled Coverage Determination And Documentation Skills Into High Gear
Cover the coverage triad and combat these 4 expensive myths. Myths about Medicare skilled coverage [...] - What Do You Think?
Question: Do Medicare regulations ever allow a facility to delay skilled services beyond 30 days [...] - Case Study:
Ready, Set, Audit: Ensure Your Skilled Nursing Documentation Makes The Grade For Part A Coverage
Top-notch documentation builds a solid case for the resident being skilled ... here's how to [...] - Clip 'N Save:
Check Out The Exclusions, Risk Adjustments For QI 19
Mark sure to code excluded psychiatric diagnoses conditions. - Clip 'N Save:
Combine A Skilled Care Checklist And Narrative Notes Form
Here's an example of how to individualize documentation of skilled services. - MDS & BILLING NEWS TO USE
The Pressure Is On With Revised F314 Tag. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
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