Drill down of Network office scores by team showed that an average of three "No" responses a month on a team with smaller numbers of transfers and discharges lowered the score to 97%. On a team with larger numbers of transfers and discharges an average of nine "No" responses a month lowered the score to 95%.

This emphasizes the importance of each patient episode having the required medication teaching documented. Each visiting clinician, excluding MSWs, PTAs and COTAs, is required to document medication teaching each visit starting with the day of Admission using the interventions listed under the Medication Teach button on the Medication List. At ROC and at Recert, teaching must be begun again unless retention of prior medication teaching is documented. Please review screen shots below for required teaching and documentation.

Please help to improve our scores. If you are the last clinician discharging a patient, look mindfully at the response to M2015 before you leave the home and if it is not scored "Yes", stop, assess for knowledge retention, and complete the appropriate teaching and documentation. Contact your PCM when you see the "No" response to M2015 and cannot accomplish the required documentation.