Protect your long-term care facility’s reimbursement by learning the details of proper ADL coding and calculations. SimpleLTC, in partnership with the Texas Medicaid Coalition, exclusively arranged for State MDS Clinical Coordinator Cheryl Shiffer, BSN, RN, RAC-CT to present a free 90-minute webinar on ADL coding. Nearly 700 people participated in … Read More
Music and memory: The value of iPods in nursing homes
Yes, time travel is possible. In fact, it happens to me every time I hear a favorite song from my high school years. With just a few opening notes of The B-52’s “Rock Lobster” or David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”, I’m instantly transported back to a time when Miami Vice, Wayfarer … Read More
What is the role of the LVN in completing MDS assessments?
What are Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) allowed to do when it comes to completing quarterly and comprehensive MDS 3.0 assessments? What is best practice? This topic has come up several times among SimpleLTC customers recently, which indicates continuing confusion regarding exactly what role LVNs should play in completing the MDS. … Read More
Automatic analysis notifications help you achieve better MDS workflow
Our main goal at SimpleLTC is to provide software that simplifies and automates your MDS workflow and SNF processes. That was the vision behind SimpleAnalyzer™, a web-based analytical tool that optimizes or “scrubs” both MDS assessments and UB-04 forms. Because SimpleAnalyzer works in conjunction with SimpleMDS, you can better achieve … Read More
Less than 5 months until Texas Medicaid managed care transition
March 2015 is quickly approaching, which means that Texas nursing facilities have less than five months to complete their preparations for the transition from fee-for-service to Medicaid managed care (STAR+PLUS). The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) issued a bulletin this week reminding Texas facilities of the looming … Read More