MDS

I love summer and especially the July 4th holiday. In the small town where I live, we have an event called “Jonesborough Days.” It’s a two-day celebration with a parade, food vendors, music, fireworks...

Have you ever read a really good book that was subsequently made into a movie? I have. Time after time, after watching the movie, I end up walking away thinking, “I wish I had just stuck with the book…...

I am a fan of C.S. Lewis. If you have not read “The Chronicles of Narnia,” you should. You may have seen the more recent three films based on these books. As good as they were, as is usually the case,...

Last summer, we all got a taste of where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is heading regarding a unified payment system for Medicare-covered post-acute care

Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services used Thursday’s Open Door Forum to unfold final plans for nursing homes to successfully complete the transition to the new version of MDS by...

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started focused on-site surveys to address the issue of erroneous coding of schizophrenia in nursing homes.  More recently, the agency began conducting...

Data already at worker’s fingertips can accurately predict patients’ fall risk and help nursing home caregivers better target prevention strategies.

February is a great month. It is a transition month in many parts of the country, from winter to the beginnings of spring. The sun is in the sky just a bit longer every day, and doesn’t forget the usual...

Where did 2022 go? And, hang on for the wild ride 2023 will be. So much lies ahead of us and we need to be prepared, starting with the MDS.

A series of significant regulatory changes are expected to hit skilled nursing over the course of 2023, but experts are also warning providers not to lose sight of some smaller but still important changes...