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McKnight's Long Term Care Newsmakers Podcast: Operational, fiscal and clinical alert: Time to brush up MDS procedures for big changes at hand

Episode Summary

It’s time for providers to start shoring up processes to successfully implement big changes to the Minimum Data Set assessment form that will soon be in play. Failure to get ready — start this month, in fact — could wind up costing providers $40 to $60 per patient day. That’s a warning from Leah Klusch, the executive director of The Alliance Training Center. One of the nation’s foremost MDS experts, Klusch shares pivotal steps for improving readiness for the next assessment process, which goes live Oct. 1, 2023. Now is the time for team members to problem solve and share what they know, she says in this podcast moderated by McKnight’s Executive Editor James M. Berklan.

Episode Notes

Minimum Data Set (MDS) expert Leah Klusch says now is the time for providers to shore up processes to best deal with big MDS changes that will hit in 2023. She shares ways to avoid losing as much as $60 per patient day in this podcast moderated by McKnight’s Executive Editor James M. Berklan.

 

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