Tag: MDS nurse
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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…