tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 2

SNF Compliance: Find Out If Your Facility's MDS Process Needs Revamping Before Surveyors Do

Tip: Validation reports hold the key to RAI compliance. While reviewing validation reports, look for warning messages when assessments are late or submissions were out of sequence to nip trouble in the bud. Let the QA committee become your ally. Best practice: The MDS nurse can take the validation reports from the state system to the quality assurance committee. The QA committee can double check to make sure all MDSs transmitted were accepted by the state repository, and review warning messages with an eye for identifying problematic patterns of errors. Don’t Be Late for Important Dates For example...

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