MDS Coordinator

Opco-Skilled-Management-; Los Lunas (NM); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Opco-Skilled-Management- seeks an MDS Coordinator to support the Director of Nursing and RN Assessment Coordinator in ensuring documentation meets Federal, State, and Certification guidelines. The role coordinates the RAI process to ensure timely, complete MDS, CAAs, and the Interdisciplinary Care Plan.

The candidate will actively participate in surveys, track RAI activity, and manage Medicaid and discharge forms using PointClickCare, while maintaining validation records and ensuring accurate

Qualifications

• Knowledge of MDS/RAI process and care planning.
• Understanding of OBRA regulations and Minimum Data Set.
• Familiarity with Medicare PPS and Medicaid reimbursement.
• Regulatory compliance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Assures adherence to Federal and State regulations and certification.
• Participates in survey processes and corrects deficiencies.
• Reports trends from audits to the Quality Assurance Committee.
• Manages RAI process from MDS to interdisciplinary care plan.
• Monitors RAI process tracking, discharge/reentry, and Medicaid forms in PointClickCare.
• Follows up with staff to ensure documentation standards.
• Completes patient assessments and data collection per MDS User’s Manual.
• Determines Assessment Reference Date reflecting care needs and resources for Medicare/Medicaid.

Education

RN/LVN license in state of practice

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.