MDS Coordinator

OPCO Skilled Management; Los Lunas (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

OPCO Skilled Management in Los Lunas, NM seeks an MDS Coordinator to assist the Director of Nursing and RN Assessment Coordinator in ensuring documentation meets Federal, State, and Certification guidelines. The coordinator oversees the RAI process, ensuring timely and complete MDS, CAAs, and interdisciplinary care plans.

The ideal candidate holds RN or LVN licensure in the state, with 2+ years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Qualifications

• RN or LVN licensed in the state of practice.
• Knowledge of Case-Mix, Medicare PPS, and Medicaid reimbursement.
• Understanding of OBRA regulations and data sets.
• Care planning process knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists the center in ensuring adherence to Federal and State regulations and certification.
• Actively participates in regulatory or certification survey process and correction of deficiencies.
• Reports trends from audits to Quality Assurance Committee.
• Ensures completion of the RAI Process from MDS through interdisciplinary care plan completion.
• Initiates and monitors RAI process tracking, discharge/reentry and Medicaid tracking forms.

Skills

Nursing license

MDS knowledge

Medicaid knowledge

Care planning

OBRA regulations

Data collection

Education

RN or LVN license

Job description

Objective

The MDS Coordinator assists the Director of Nursing and the RN Assessment Coordinator with ensuring that documentation in the center meets Federal, State, and Certification guidelines. The MDS Coordinator coordinates the RAI process assuring the timeliness, and completeness of the MDS, CAAs, and Interdisciplinary Care Plan.

Principal Responsibilities

• Assists the center in assuring adherence to Federal and State regulations and certification.


• Actively participates in the regulatory or certification survey process and the correction of deficiencies


• Reports trends from completed audits to the Quality Assurance Committee


• Assures 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.


• Ensures 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.