MDS Coordinator

Principal Responsibilities

• Affirms adherence to Federal and State regulations and certification.
• Participates actively in the regulatory or certification survey process and the correction of deficiencies.
• Reports trends from completed audits to the Quality Assurance Committee.
• Ensures 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 the PointClickCare 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 MDS User’s Manual.
• 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.
• Maintains 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.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved Registered Nurse / License Vocational Nurse program and licensed in the state of practice required.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of Case-Mix, the Federal Medicare PPS process, and Medicaid reimbursement, as required.
• Through understanding of the Quality Indicator process.
• Knowledge of the OBRA regulations and Minimum Data Set.
• Knowledge of the care planning process.