MDS Coordinator: Elevate Care Quality & Compliance

Focused Post Acute Care Partners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Vision

Dental

Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Paid Time Off

DailyPay

Job summary

Focused Post Acute Care Partners in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced MDS Coordinator to assist the Director of Nursing by ensuring MDS, CAAs, and care plans meet federal, state, and OBRA requirements. You will coordinate the RAI process to ensure timely, accurate documentation.

The ideal candidate holds a current LVN license with at least 2 years of skilled nursing experience and strong knowledge of PPS, Medicaid reimbursement, and OBRA regulations.

Qualifications

• Must have a current LVN license.
• Minimum of two years nursing experience in skilled nursing facility preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of RAI Process, the federal Medicare PPS process, and Medicaid reimbursement as required.
• Thorough understanding of OBRA regulations and MDS.
• Knowledge of the care plan process.

Responsibilities

• To assure resident safety.
• Assist the facility in assuring adherence to federal and state regulations and certification.
• Actively participates in the regulatory or certification survey process and the correction of deficiencies.
• Report trends from completed audits to the Quality Assurance Committee.
• Assures the completion of the RAI Process from the MDS through the completion of the plan of care.
• Initiates and monitors RAI process tracking, discharge/re-entry, and Medicaid tracking forms through the AHT system.
• Follows up with staff when necessary to assure compliance to standards of documentation.
• Coordinates scheduling notice of patient care planning conference and assures communication of outcomes/problems to the responsible staff, patient, and/or responsible party.
• Maintains proficiency in software programs; sequence diagnosis coding for residents.
• Responds to change in conditions appropriately.

Skills

LVN license

Nursing experience

RAI process knowledge

Medicare/Medicaid PPS

Regulatory compliance

Education

LVN license

Tools

PointClickCare

AHT system

Job description

Focused Post Acute Care Partners in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced MDS Coordinator to assist the Director of Nursing by ensuring MDS, CAAs, and care plans meet federal, state, and OBRA requirements. You will coordinate the RAI process to ensure timely, accurate documentation.

The ideal candidate holds a current LVN license with at least 2 years of skilled nursing experience and strong knowledge of PPS, Medicaid reimbursement, and OBRA regulations.