Managed Care HMOs/Assessments

[BONNIE RANDOLPH]

What do others do about the managed care resident's assessments?  We keep 
them on a Medicare schedule, just for a safety net because we have gotten 
"stuck" several times finding out too late that a Medicare resident 
disenrolled from Medicare and joined the Managed Care HMO.  It wasn't really 
a concern until just lately when the majority of our admissions are Managed 
Care HMOs.  It seems a waste of MDS time doing the extra assessments but if 
they save us even once from a default rate, I guess they are worth the time. 
 Opinions?

Bonnie

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