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MDS Accuracy: Missed Opportunities and Mishaps and Section I – The Most Common Mistakes

In this Minimum Data Set (MDS) Accuracy Blog, we will highlight Sections and items in the MDS to review key misses that the experts at LW Consulting, Inc. (LWCI) have encountered. At LWCI, we thrive in partnering with clients to complete audits or provide consultative services to support concerns. As the experts at LWCI conduct audits, we identify commonalities with coding. Throughout this blog series we will be sharing information on optimal MDS coding, based…

What SNFs Need to Know About Medicare Cost Report Submissions

Medicare cost reports identify the costs and charges related to healthcare facility activities that are reimbursable. Providers who bill for Part A services, such as skilled nursing facilities, are required to submit Medicare cost reports five months after the close of the fiscal year. Failure to file in a timely manner could result in withholding of Medicare reimbursement. Don’t let this happen to you. Here’s what every skilled nursing facility (SNF) needs to know about cost…

F-Tags in Review: F561 Self Determination and Other Sneaky Tags

As we all know, working in the field of long term care, we must assure that resident rights are always in focus and kept in high priority—along with the million other things we do every day. After all, residents are why we all became connected to, and remain in, long term care. One of the often-overlooked regulations dealing with resident rights is F-Tag 561–Self Determination. This regulation is to assure that residents have choices in…