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Laying the Foundation – Care Area Assessments to Care Plans
Because Care Area Assessments (CAAs) are not submitted to CMS, and the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual offers little guidance on how to complete a CAA when compared to the Minimum Data...

Navigating the 2025 Winds of Change: New Survey Guidance
The 2025 new year has begun with a whirlwind of changes in Long-Term Care – starting with New Surveyor Guidance. CMS released an advanced copy of these State Operations Manual Appendix PP (Guidance...

What is an MDS Coordinator?
"What do you do for a living?" It may not surprise you that when asked this question, most MDS Coordinators struggle to come up with an answer. The reality is that MDS Coordinators fully understand...
The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on or around February 19, 2025. Please follow the steps below to locate the Provider Preview Report in iQIES:
1) Log into iQIES at cstu.io/9e1e3e using your Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) user ID and password.
2) Select the My Reports option from the Reports menu.
3) From the My Reports page, locate the Provider Preview Reports folder.
Nursing Home Care Compare will update with the January Five Star data on or around February 26, 2025.
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📢 Tune in on February 25 for our next webinar:
Building Person-Centered Care Plans, Trained IDT, and Resident Voice – A Blueprint for Success
📢 Why This Matters:
Person-Centered Care Plans remain a top survey deficiency for 2024, with F-Tag 656 ranking #6 nationally. Developing an effective care plan requires a trained IDT, strong communication, and active resident involvement to truly reflect individual goals and needs.
💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Key care plan regulations & compliance strategies
✅ How to build person-centered care plans with an engaged IDT
✅ Auditing & monitoring strategies to strengthen care planning
👩⚕️ Who Should Attend?
Administrators, DONs, NACs, MDS Coordinators, & IDT members
🔗 Don’t see the register button? Become an MDS Expert Member today to gain access to ALL our webinars! www.mdsexpert.com/webinars-training/
📅 Date: February 25
👩🏫 Trainers: Linda Winston & Barb Bates
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🌟 Enhance Your Clinical Assessment Skills! 🌟
Join us for the AAPACN Resident Assessment Coordinator—Certified (RAC-CT®) certification workshop! 📚✨
🗓️ Dates: March 17-20 🕒 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET 📍 Location: Virtual
Gain in-depth knowledge of clinical assessment and care planning, master the MDS, understand the regulations surrounding the RAI/MDS process, and manage the PDPM effectively.
With the RAC-CT credential, you'll be recognized as a knowledgeable and capable MDS professional. This certification is the most widely-recognized and respected MDS 3.0 certification in the long-term care profession.
👩🏫 Presented by: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, QCP
Don't miss this opportunity to advance your career and enhance your skills!
🔗Register: cstu.io/829d32
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MLNC: Updates to the lists of HCPCS codes that are subject to the consolidated billing provision of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System. cstu.io/42f9d9
New, deleted, and revised codes from Part A and Part B SNF files for:
Radiation therapy
ESRD-related service
Chemotherapy
Blood clotting factor
Remote therapeutic monitoring
Colorectal screening
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🚨An issue with the New or Worsened Bowel/Bladder - Long-Stay measure results on the MDS 3.0 Provider Preview report has been resolved in iQIES. cstu.io/3db30f ... See MoreSee Less
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📢The most recent refresh of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) data is now available on the compare tool on cstu.io/ca00c8 and Provider Data Catalog (PDC). The data are based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from Quarter 2, 2023 through Quarter 1, 2024. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) measures reflect data from Quarter 4, 2023 through Quarter 1, 2024 for the Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel measure, and Quarter 1, 2024 for the COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel (HCP) measure. Claims-based measures display data from Quarter 4, 2021 through Quarter 3, 2023, and the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Requiring Hospitalization measure data is from Quarter 4, 2022 through Quarter 3, 2023. ... See MoreSee Less
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𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲…
Finally done with assessments, audits, and documentation!"
MDS schedule: "𝗢𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲."
If MDS had a relationship status, it would be: "𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱." 💔😂
But don’t worry—MDS Consultants has your back! Whether it’s PDPM, compliance, or just surviving another crazy week, we’re here to help.
𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮 🩵 𝗶𝗳 𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗲𝘀! 👇
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🌟 Enhance Your Clinical Assessment Skills! 🌟
Join us for the AAPACN Resident Assessment Coordinator—Certified (RAC-CT®) certification workshop! 📚✨
🗓️ Dates: March 17-20 🕒 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET 📍 Location: Virtual
Gain in-depth knowledge of clinical assessment and care planning, master the MDS, understand the regulations surrounding the RAI/MDS process, and manage the PDPM effectively.
With the RAC-CT credential, you'll be recognized as a knowledgeable and capable MDS professional. This certification is the most widely-recognized and respected MDS 3.0 certification in the long-term care profession.
👩🏫 Presented by: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, QCP
Don't miss this opportunity to advance your career and enhance your skills!
🔗Register: cstu.io/829d32
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📢 Don’t Miss Our Latest Newsletter! 📰💡
Have you checked out our latest newsletter? "Laying the Foundation – Care Area Assessments to Care Plans" explores how CAAs can be a powerful tool for comprehensive, person-centered care planning when used effectively.
🔹 What’s Inside?
✅ Best practices for turning CAAs into meaningful care plans
✅ Key CMS updates & revised surveyor guidance
✅ The latest on SNF provider preview reports & quality measures
✅ Our upcoming Spring Webinar Series exclusively for MDS Experts!
📅 Next Free Public Webinar – March 11:
Stepping Up to the Plate: The Administrator’s Role with RAI/MDS Compliance
🕚 11 AM ET | Learn how administrators can strengthen MDS accuracy & compliance!
📢 Don’t miss out—read the full newsletter here! 🔗 www.mdsexpert.com/membership/
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