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The
Office of Long Term Care Licensing has a new RAI
Coordinator. Her name is Katrina Huff. Kay
has been a surveyor with our Department for some time.
Before coming to work for the Department of Health, Kay
worked as a Director of Nursing as well as a MDS
Coordinator. Kaye can be reached at 602-364-3878
or by e-mail at huffk@azdhs.gov
The prior RAI Coordinator, Sylvia Balistreri, is now the
Long Term Care Licensing Program Manager. She can
be reached at 602-364-2675 or by e-mail at balists@azdhs.gov
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MAR |
How
to capture therapy minutes on a Significant Change MDS:
If
your Significant Change of Condition occurs outside of
the timeframe for a PPS assessment and you want to
capture therapy minutes; you can code the MDS a Sig
Change and an OMRA.
Page 2-39, of the RAI Manual, Combining Assessments,
states: Currently there is no way to code that a
Significant Change in Status Assessment (SCSA) performed
outside the assessment window is a Medicare assessment.
Until this problem can be corrected, code AA8a=3 to show
the SCSA and AA8b=8 to indicate that the record is a
Medicare assessment. This procedure is an exception to
the rule that OMRAs are performed only to show
discontinuation of therapy for residents in a RUG-III
Rehabilitation Classification.
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17
MAR |
OBRA
Scheduling Tool
– CMS has developed a spreadsheet facilities can use
to schedule their OBRA assessments. Download it
and check it out. MDSSchedTool.xls
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17
MAR |
RUGS
Spreadsheet –
Here is a spreadsheet showing Urban RUG rates sorted by
RUG score and a second sheet showing the RUGs sorted by
payment amount. There are also sheets for Rural RUG
rates as well. RUG-53 RATES.xls
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17
MAR |
An
easy way to keep abreast of information put forth from
CMS is to get on their mailing list. Go to the
following web site and sign up for the mailing list(s)
of your choice.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/mailinglists/default.asp?audience=3
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17
MAR |
CMS
SNF Website –
This is the main CMS website for SNF information.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/snf.asp
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17
MAR |
A
good internet resource for information and tools for
your facility to use can be found at www.medqic.org
Click on nursing homes in the blue banner near the top
of the page.
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DAVE 2 is well underway. For the first time, they have
visited nursing homes in Arizona. There is not much
information on DAVE 2 yet but you can learn more from these
documents:
DAVE 2 Background [PDF 44K]
Dave 2 Fact Sheet [PDF 18K]
DAVE 2 Section G [PDF 123K]
DAVE 2 Sections P7 and P8 [PDF 147K]
DAVE 2 Tip Sheet [PDF 144K]
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Updated RUGS Spreadsheet - Here is a spreadsheet showing Urban
RUG rates sorted by RUG score and a second sheet showing the RUGs
sorted by payment amount. There are also sheets for Rural RUG rates
as well rug53rates_july2006.xls |
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A good website to look at is the MedQic
site. This site has information and tools you may find
useful. Check it out - www.medqic.org
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| 22 AUG |
Your billing office might not be aware of the
fact that your facility can received 128% of the RUG payment for
residents with AIDS if the ICD9 code for AIDS is included on the
UB92. |
| 22 AUG |
Did you know the MDS is bigger than just the
United States? It is now an international tool. Sue
Nonemaker is considered the mother of the MDS. She worked in
the CMS Central Office when the MDS was conceived. She now
works for an organization called InterRAI. InterRAI is a
collaborative network of researchers in over 20 countries committed
to improving health care for persons who are elderly, frail, or
disabled. What to know more? Check out their website –
www.interrai.org |
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National
Provider Identifiers (NPI) are Free!! Has your facility gotten
its NPI yet? As the industry transitions to NPI compliance,
remember that there is no charge to get an NPI. Providers can
apply online for their NPI, free of charge, by visiting https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov or by calling 1-800-465-3203 t request a
paper application. The CMS NPI page, located at www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvidentStand/ is the only source for
official CMS education and information on the NPI
initiative
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CMS has developed a MDS Web Based
Training. This is a very useful tool for MDS
newcomers. Go to this web site and register. You can
then begin training online from work or from
home.
http://www.mdstraining.org/upfront/u1.asp |
