Resources
The Resources page at MDSCentral offers useful documents, forms, and special reports to help you stay on top of industry news, adapt to regulatory changes, and master the MDS. To access all these free tools and resources, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page.
Documents and Reports
- NEW! Final MDS 3.0 – All item listing
- NEW! California Five-Star bill
- NEW! Transmittal 1824: Influenza vaccine payment allowances in 2009-2010 season
- NEW! H1N1 billing fact sheet for Medicare fee-for-service providers
- NEW! MLN Matters: Correct billing changes for certain SNF residents
- NEW! CMS’ Emergency Preparedness Checklist – Recommended Tool for Effective Healthcare Facility Planning
- Attorneys General Five-Star letter to Secretary Sebelius
- CMS Survey and Certification Letter regarding QIS rollout
- SNF final rule for FY 2010
- SNF payment rates: FY 2010 versus FY 2009
- Transmittal 51: Revisions to F441, Infection Control
- State Operations Manual, Appendix PP, New F-tag guidance for surveyors
- Example of Chapter 4 of the RAI User’s Manual: CATs and care planning
- CMS RAC review phase-in strategy
- MLN Matters Article: Revised no-pay billing instructions
- June 2009 MedPAC report to Congress
- MDS 2.0 to MDS 3.0 Item Navigational Reference Table
- RUG-III MDS 3.0 Mapping Specifications
- MDS 3.0 Consolidated States Section S Items
- Draft of the Affordable Health Choices Act
- The Five-Star Quality Rating System Technical Users’ Guide: State-Level Cut Point Tables
- Description of the Expected and Adjusted Staff Time Values Data Set for Five-Star
- Expected and Adjusted Staff Time Values Data Set for Five-Star
- SNF payment rates: Proposed FY 2010 versus FY 2009
- MDS 3.0 timing and interoperability letter
- Pain management guidance under F309
- Rand Corporation MDS 3.0 Final Report
Planning Tools
- Updated MDS 3.0 Draft Item Set
- Updated MDS 3.0 Timeline posted April 16, 2009
- Interviewing Tips
Helpful Web sites
- CMS’ MDS 3.0 Web page
- Guide to navigating CMS Web site
- HealthLeaders Media
Forms
- Proposed RUG-IV classification elements
- Guide to SNF Beneficiary Notifications
- ADL/restorative nursing flowsheet
- Bowel and bladder management audit
Medicare Part B billing manual forms
- DME information form
- Influenza virus vaccine roster
- Pneumococcal pneumonia virus vaccine roste
- Sample UB-04
- Medicare Part B wound care supply billing audit checklist
- Medicare Part B surgical dressing documentation
- Enteral billing information form
- Enteral nutrition complaint resolution form
- Enteral nutrition: Letter to the resident
- Medicare billing information requirements
- Medicare coverage verification policy
- Insurance verification policy
- Medicare payment status policy
White papers and special reports
- NEW! Managing Your Five-Star Nursing Home Rating
- New pain management guidance under F309
- Medicare Part D: SNFs, LTCPs, and dual-eligible residents
E-newsletters
- MDS 3.0 Update
- Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly
- LTC Nursing Assistant Trainer
HCPro Resources
- HCPro Healthcare Marketplace
- HCPro Boot Camps
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Big Book of Care Plans, Second Edition
This book contains more than 100 modifiable resident-centered care plans. It breaks down the process and explains how the Minimum Data Set and Resident Assessment Protocols drive care planning. The tools and sample care plans inside encourage your team to write problems, goals, and interventions to promote a user-friendly plan of care and, ultimately, reflect the care given to the resident.
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PPS Alert for Long-Term Care
PPS Alert for Long-Term Care is your monthly resource for MDS information, regulatory news, and tips to keep your facility running smoothly. Columnist Diane Brown and Wayne van Halem, AHFI, CFE, answer readers' toughest questions.
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