MDS Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

MDS Coordinator - Open to LPN and RN Candidates Full Time On Site
A minimum of one year of MDS experience.
Come join our team in the Asheboro, NC area!

Broad River Rehab is looking for a Part Time MDS Coordinator ( RN OR LPN) to work at our facility in Stokesdale, NC . This position is a day shift, Monday- Friday, position! This is a unique opportunity for an MDS Nurse to ALWAYS get to be an MDS Nurse - would you like to be able to focus on the RAI Process, knowing that you will never have to be on call for weekends, you will never have to fill empty shifts or do med cart rounds? This is an onsite position.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the skilled nursing setting, prior MDS experience with a vast working knowledge of case mix, the Federal Medicare PPS process, and Medicaid reimbursement and PDPM.

The MDS Coordinator, RN/LPN, assists the Director of Nursing with ensuring that documentation in the facility meets Federal, State, and Certification guidelines. The MDS Coordinator, RN/LPN coordinates the RAI process assuring the timeliness, and completeness of the MDS, CAAs, and Interdisciplinary Care Plan.

• Assures the completion of the RAI Process from the MDS through the interdisciplinary completion of the plan of care.

• Initiates and monitors RAI process tracking, discharge/reentry, and Medicaid tracking forms through EMR system.

• Follows up with staff when necessary to assure compliance to standards of documentation.

• Completes patient assessments, data collection, and interviews staff as necessary to assure good standard of practice and as instructed in the current version of RAI Manual and company policies.

• Facilitates accurate determination of the Assessment Reference Date that accurately reflects the patient’s care needs and captures all resources utilized to ensure appropriate payment by Medicare/Medicaid and insurance programs.

• Provides interdisciplinary schedule for all MDS assessments and care plans as required by OBRA and PPS.

• Assures that appropriate signatures are obtained as required.

• Ensures that the Interdisciplinary team makes decisions for either completing or not completing additional MDS assessments based on clinical criteria as identified in the most recent version of the RAI User’s Manual. (Significant Change and Significant Correction)

• Assist Director of Health Services or designee with identification of a significant change, physician orders and verbal reports to assure that the MDS and care plan are reflective of those changes.

• Coordinates scheduling, notice of patient care planning conferences, and assures communication of outcomes/problems to the responsible staff, patient, and/or responsible party.

• Assists with ensures all MDS information and care delivered as outlined in the Care Plan is supported by documentation.

• Assist the Executive Director/Director of Health Services with the monitoring to ensure that a care plan is initiated on every patient upon admission to the center.

• Participates in the daily stand-up meeting and communicates needs for changes in PPS timelines and Assessment Reference Dates, and deficiencies in completion of MDS, CAAs, and Care Plans.

• Relays and/or acts upon information from the Case-Mix Specialist audits.

• Acts as resource person for computer issues that relate to the MDS process. Contacts the help desk when indicated.

• Responsible for ensuring appropriate Medicare coverage through regular communications with consultants.

• Attends daily and weekly Medicare or Utilization Review meetings as required.

• Corrects and ensures completion of final MDS and submits patient assessment data to the appropriate State and Federal government agencies.

• Assigns, assists, and instructs all staff in the RAI Process, PPS Medicare, Medicaid (Case Mix as required) and clinical computer system in relation to these processes.

• Ensures timely submission of the MDSs to the State with proper follow-up on validation errors. Maintains validation records from the submission process in a systematic and orderly fashion.

Education

• Graduate of an approved nursing program and licensed in the state of practice required.

Experience

• Ideal candidate will have nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility. Excellent knowledge of Case- Mix, the Federal Medicare PPS process, and Medicaid reimbursement, as required. Complete understanding and experience with PDPM. Thorough understanding of Quality Indicators and Quality Measures. Knowledge of the OBRA regulations and Minimum Data Set (MDS). Knowledge of the care planning process.

MDS Coordinator / RN-LPN Candidates - Asheboro, NC - Full Time