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May 24-26, 2010
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  COMING MAY 11-13, 2010:
MDS 3.0
3-DAY INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE
 
4/29/10
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APRIL 27. 2010
 Knoxville,Tennessee
 
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 Nashville, Tennessee
 
MAY 24 & 26, 2010
Oakdale and West Haverstraw, NY 
 
June 15 
Charlton, MA
 
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Issue:April 20, 2010
From the desk of our CEO Kris Mastrangelo:
 
MDS 3.0: Assessment Schedules
 
CMS announced during the Train-the-Trainer Conference in Baltimore last week that the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual has sections that are obsolete. A revised copy is scheduled to be released in late May or early June. Revised versions of the MDS 3.0 item subsets (V1.00.2) were posted April 9, 2010 and can be found at the link below.
 
Another  topic addressed during the CMS conference was the OBRA assessment schedules for MDS 3.0.  Timing will be shortened for completion and submission of OBRA required assessments.  Chapter 2 of the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual contains a chart with the RAI OBRA-required Assessment Summary.  Facility coordinators will need to adjust to the new requirement of scheduling assessments ARD to ARD.  In addition, facility Master Schedules must be reviewed and revised to accommodate for the new requirements. For example, the new assessment required for Death in facility (non-comprehensive) must be completed no later than 7 calendar days from the event.  This MDS assessment must then be transmitted no later than 14 days from the event (death). 
 
 Link to CMS page, RAI Manual for MDS 3.0: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NursingHomeQualityInits/25_NHQIMDS30.asp
 
 
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