MDS COORDINATOR RN

Villa at City Center is seeking a MDS Coordinator RN to join their team! The MDS Coordinator coordinates the development and implementation of all resident plans of care in accordance with State & Federal regulations and facility policies, communicates each resident’s plan of care to facility personnel via the written care plan, and provides ongoing assessment and needed care plan changes as warranted to meet each resident’s needs.

MDS COORDINATOR RN QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Working knowledge of the MDS assessment cycle and assessment information necessary for billing Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, and VA.
• Experience using computer systems and software including proficiency in Microsoft Office Word and email systems.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational, and project management skills.

MDS COORDINATOR RN EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Possesses a current RN license to practice in the State as an RN.
• Skilled Nursing facility experience as an MDS Nurse preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Walking, reaching, bending, lifting, extended sitting, grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling, ability to distinguish smells and temperatures, all with or without the aid of mechanical devices is required.

• Coordinate the completion of each resident’s MDS in compliance with all State and Federal requirements, maintaining supporting clinical record documentation.
• Calculate triggers and develop resident assessment protocols for initiation of care plan.
• Ensure that MDS’s are completed in a timely manner and accurately identify each resident’s level of functioning in accordance with RAI manual guidelines.
• Ensure that each MDS accurately identifies the lowest level of functioning allowable to maximize reimbursement opportunities as allowable by Federal and State law.
• Ensure that CNAs, nurses and others are trained in and have accurately completed required clinical record documentation in order to correctly complete MDS scoring in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and/or assist with weekly interdisciplinary care conferences and Medicare meetings.
• Make all necessary referrals to nursing and therapy departments to ensure appropriate implementation of nursing and rehab services.
• Ensures Medicare, Medicaid, VA, and benefits carrier claims relating to MDS pending and therapy pending errors are accurate and if not, corrects.
• Generates MDS Audit Reports as requested by Regional staff.
• Identifies MDS/Census and Accounts Receivable errors for correction as it pertains to facility billing information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.