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Featured Story
MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual Update: Expert analysis
October 4, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual v1.11 Replacement Manual Pages and Change Tables and the RAI Manual v1.11 and Change Tables. The MDS 3.0 RAI Manual v1.11 Appendices A and F were also updated.
In addition to the Manual changes, there are changes to the MDS [...]
Expert Answers
Is your facility looking to improve behavior management and reduce the use of antipsychotic medication?
In this 90-minute webcast, expert speakers Frosini Rubertino, RN, C-NE, CDONA/LTC, CPRA, and Andrea Kintner, JD, will discuss the seven key principles for dementia care and the interpretive guidance for F309 as it relates to dementia care. Discover practical interventions to improve behavior management and reduce the use of antipsychotic medication, which will ultimately improve quality of life, quality of care, and compliance within your facility.
In this 90-minute webcast, expert speakers Frosini Rubertino, RN, C-NE, CDONA/LTC, CPRA, and Andrea Kintner, JD, will discuss the seven key principles for dementia care and the interpretive guidance for F309 as it relates to dementia care. Discover practical interventions to improve behavior management and reduce the use of antipsychotic medication, which will ultimately improve quality of life, quality of care, and compliance within your facility.
