Component Focus: Nursing, MDS Capture & Non-Therapy Ancillaries

Resident MDS assessments are the primary driver of care delivery and facility reimbursement. Of the hundreds of items required as part of the resident assessment, facilities must determine who is best responsible for gathering and coding essential information while ensuring supportive facility documentation is maintained in the clinical record. This program will highlight significant items in the 26 plus assessment sections as well as the suggested roles and responsibilities of facility clinicians involved in the multi-layered assessment process.