MDS Coordinator LNAC

Diversicare Healthcare Services, LLC; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Excellent 401k plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time

Long and Short Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Referral Bonuses

DiversICARE - employee hardship fund

Pay advancement program - OnShift钱包

Job summary

Diversicare of Foley is seeking an experienced MDS Coordinator to manage the RAI process under RN supervision and work with the care team to optimize resident care. The role emphasizes timely MDS assessments, accurate coding, and collaborative care planning to ensure regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include leading Case Management meetings, maintaining documentation, and supporting quality improvement initiatives in a post-acute setting.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current nursing license in the state of employment.
• Experience in Long Term Care.
• Knowledge of Medicare, Managed care and RAI Process.
• Proficiency with computer systems and EHRs.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the RAI Process under the direction of an RN or DNS.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to identify patient/resident needs.
• Coordinates and conducts daily Case Management meetings.
• Ensures timely MDS assessments per state and federal regulations.
• Ensures MDS coding is accurate through chart review and staff interviews.
• Maintains MDS schedules and care plan conferences.
• Reviews state and federal reports and maintains required documentation.
• Supports quality measures and process improvements.

Skills

Long Term Care experience

Medicare knowledge

RAI Process understanding

Strong communication

Education

RN license (Alabama)

Tools

Computer skills

EHR systems

Job description

Overview

Smile, You’ve Found Us! MDS Coordinator position open near Pensacola!

DIVERSICARE OF FOLEY

1701 North Alston St.

Foley, AL 36535-2246

Are you passionate about caregiving? Would you like to work with the best team in the world? If so, Diversicare invites you to apply. We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence, which we extend to all those we are privileged to serve. If you wish to make a difference in the lives of our patients and residents,

Full Time Benefits Include

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Excellent 401k plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• Long and Short Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Referral Bonuses
• DiversICARE - employee hardship fund
• Pay advancement program - OnShift Wallet

Diversicare provides post-acute care services to patients and residents at 44 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in five states, primarily in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest United States. Together, with our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, we leverage our diverse strengths to provide each patient and resident with healthcare serves that best meet their needs.

It is Diversicare's Mission to "Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations."

We are guided to excellence by five Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence. Our Service Standards are in place to offer support. They lead us to what matters most to our company: creating a warm, caring, safe and professional environment for our customers and each other.

Our culture of impassioned service delivery is the Diversicare Difference .

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Responsibilities

• Facilitates the RAI Process under the direction of an R.N. or DNS
• Work in Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to identify the needs of the patient/resident.
• Coordinates and conducts the daily Case Management meeting.
• Ensures timely MDS assessments according to state and federal regulations.
• Ensures interdisciplinary team completes designated sections of the MDS assessment.
• Ensures and completes accurate coding of the MDS assessment with information obtained via medical record review, observation and interview with center staff, patients, residents and family members.
• Ensures documentation is available to support accurate coding of the MDS assessment.
• Maintains the tracking system of MDS assessment schedules (timeframes and due dates).
• Facilitates Care Plan conferences with the interdisciplinary team, patient, residents and families.
• Obtain, review and maintain all State and Federal reports, making appropriate corrections timely.
• Monitors Quality Measures and ensures that MDSs are accurate to support and reflect the Quality Measures.
• Provides education related to the RAI Process
• Coordinates and completes electronic submission of required documentation to the State database and other entities per company guidelines and State and Federal regulations.
• Ensures Medicare and Medicaid regulatory guidelines are completed accurately and timely (i.e.: certifications, denial letters, skilled documentation, coverage criteria, etc…)
• Provides Managed Care case management at the center level.
• Reviews Additional Documentation Requests (ADRs) with Health Information Management Coordinator (HIMC) to ensure all documents are available and meet the request.
• Participates in billing reviews (Triple Check) to ensure claims have supporting MDS assessments documents.
• Participates in Quality Assurance and Process Improvement Activities.
• Continues to update knowledge base related to Medicare, Managed Care, Medicaid, RAI Process and computer technology updates.
• May be required to fulfill the job functions of a direct care nurse as determined by the needs of the patients/residents and center

Qualifications

• Must hold current nursing license in the state of employment.
• Experience in Long Term Care.
• Computer skills.
• Knowledge of Medicare, Managed care and RAI Process Required.
• Participating in the LPN to RN Back to School transition program.

Diversicare is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Diversicare does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), national origin, age, or disability, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

(EOE)