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MDS Consultants makes your team more proficient in skilled MDS documentation, ICD-10 coding, Interim Payment Assessments, Medicare regulations, reimbursement maximization and PDPM.

12/29/2025

🎉 𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿! 🎉
This is our FIRST webinar of the year — and you’re invited.

📅 Jan 13 | Restorative Nursing vs. Therapy: Clarifying Roles & Documentation Requirements
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱: “𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆?” 𝗼𝗿 “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄?” — 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

Attendees of this seminar will:
• Review therapy and restorative nursing regulatory requirements
• Discuss key MDS components that can be impacted by therapy and restorative nursing
• Delve into maximizing collaborative processes between therapy and nursing

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱: Administrators, DNS, NACs/MDS Coordinators, Clinical Nurse Managers, Therapy Staff, and IDT members.

𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA, QCP; Kristine Martinez, RN, BSN, DNS-CT, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA, QCP
Featuring a special guest speaker from our partners at Premier Therapy: Julie Bellucci, MS, CCC-SLP, DCP

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://cstu.io/4f197d
Registration is required to receive your personal login link.

12/26/2025

𝗜𝗳 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱… 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻? 👀

A little dramatic? Maybe. Still true. 😅

A solid note today saves the Monday back-and-forth.

12/25/2025

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀. 🎄

To the nurses, CNAs, therapy teams, administrators, and support staff—thank you for showing up with skill, heart, and patience every day.

Wishing you and your families comfort, joy, and a well-deserved moment of rest. ❤️

12/24/2025

Our hearts are with the residents, families, and staff at Silver Lake Healthcare Center (Bristol Township, PA) following reports of an explosion and fire this afternoon. Sending strength to everyone impacted, and gratitude to the first responders on scene.

https://6abc.com/post/explosion-reported-nursing-home-bucks-county-reports-people-trapped/18309877/

12/23/2025

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗽: Falls with Major Injury

Small documentation gaps can turn into big QM hits. Make sure your fall log, clinical notes, and MDS Section J tell the same story.

12/23/2025

Attention SNFs: Get the updated HCPCS codes to accurately bill for 2026 skilled nursing facility stays:
Medicare Part A 2026 https://cstu.io/101916
Medicare Part B https://cstu.io/8625ca
https://cstu.io/fe894f

12/22/2025

For Post Acute Care Facilities, the ICD-10-CM files include updates for FY 2026. Use these codes for discharges occurring from April 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026, and for patient encounters occurring from April 1, 2026– September 30, 2026.
https://cstu.io/65488e
https://cstu.io/19017e
https://cstu.io/44a838
https://cstu.io/63e3b8
https://cstu.io/23b356

12/21/2025

🚨CMS updated the start date to the Skilled Nursing Facility Data Validation Process to begin 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. This audit process was originally scheduled to start in the fall of 2025. Skilled Nursing Facility Data Validation Process: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are updated for December 2025. SNFs are notified of selection through their Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) MDS 3.0 Provider Preview Reports folder.
https://cstu.io/9e0496
https://cstu.io/02b950

12/19/2025

🌟 Happy Friday from MDS Consultants! 🌟

As we wrap up another productive week supporting skilled nursing facilities nationwide, we’re grateful for the hardworking teams delivering quality care every day.
Here’s to rest, recovery, and readying ourselves for the week ahead.

12/17/2025

𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁: 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄...?

Before hospitals and health systems jumped on the digital bandwagon, nursing homes were already leading the way in clinical data collection.

That’s right, with the introduction of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) in the early ‘90s, nursing homes became early adopters of standardized, federally mandated digital assessments.

This was before EHRs were even common in most hospitals.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿:
- PDPM
- Quality Measures (QMs)
- Five-Star Ratings
- Survey risk indicators
- Resident-centered care planning
- And, of course… Medicare reimbursement 💰

So next time someone underestimates long-term care facilities, remind them:

“𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹.” 😎

12/17/2025

Learn how to avoid improper payments. See the SNF Billing Reference educational tool to find out when to bill your patient's prescription drugs to Part A, instead of their Part D drug plan. The Office of the Inspector General found that Medicare Part D improperly paid for drugs during Part A skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays. Drugs prescribed for a Part D-enrolled patient aren’t covered by Part D if Part A or B can pay for them.
https://cstu.io/9a2ce3
https://cstu.io/0ba513
https://cstu.io/f158ae

12/16/2025

🚨January 1 Revalidation Deadline Indefinitely Suspended-Enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) should continue collecting data on ownership, managerial, and related party information and submit their revalidation. However, there is no submission deadline until further notice.
https://cstu.io/024102
https://cstu.io/d2e25e

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