MDS Coordinator- Remote/Hybrid

Recover-Care Healthcare; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Recover-Care Healthcare is seeking an MDS Coordinator to support the Director of Nursing and RN Assessment Coordinator. You will help ensure Federal, State, and Certification documentation compliance across centers and coordinate RAI processes.

The role involves visiting centers on an alternating-week basis, tracking audits, and ensuring timely MDS and care plan completion via PointClickCare. A nursing license and relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved RN program and licensed in the state of practice.
• 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

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Nursing and RN Assessment Coordinator with ensuring that documentation meets Federal, State, and Certification guidelines.
• Coordinate the RAI process assuring timeliness and completeness of the MDS, CAAs, and Interdisciplinary Care Plan.
• Initiate and monitor RAI process tracking, discharge/reentry and Medicaid tracking forms through the PointClickCare system.
• Visit assigned buildings on an every other week basis, where one center is visited each week.
• Report trends from completed audits to the Quality Assurance Committee.
• Assure the completion of the RAI Process from the MDS through the interdisciplinary completion of the plan of care.
• Follow up with staff to ensure compliance to standards of documentation.
• Complete 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.

Skills

Case-Mix knowledge

Medicare PPS knowledge

OBRA regulations

Care planning process

Documentation compliance

Education

RN license in state of practice

Job description

As a MDS Coordinator you are responsible for assisting our Director of Nursing and the RN Assessment Coordinator with ensuring that documentation in the center meet Federal, State, and Certification guidelines. The MDS Coordinator also coordinates the RAI process assuring the timeliness, and completeness of the MDS, CAAs, and Interdisciplinary Care Plan. This is a Remote/Hybrid position.

GENERAL DUTIES

• 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
• Will visit assigned buildings on an every other week basis, where one center is visited each week.
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of an approved Registered 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

BENEFITS

• 401K
• Annual evaluations
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Electronic documentation
• Employee appreciation events
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance