Tag: long term care
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What No One Tells You About Your First 30 Days as an MDS Coordinator

When nurses tell me they were “thrown into” the MDS role, the story is almost always the same. Someone hands them the schedule. Maybe a brief handoff. Maybe a stack of assessments. Very rarely a true orientation. Yet from day one, they are expected to: • Protect reimbursement • Understand PDPM and payer mix…
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https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/02/09/fact-sheet-covid-19-public-health-emergency-transition-roadmap.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2023 Contact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343media@hhs.gov Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Transition Roadmap Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at…