RE: Newly Certified Beds

[Brenda Chance]

Title: Newly Certified Beds

Yes.  I have the same situation here.  We converted 22 beds to certified in October 2002 and now are converting 8 more January 1, 2003.  You will need to do admission OBRA assessments on these residents and start the MDS cycle for them.    Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: rlabarge (Becky LaBarge) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newly Certified Beds   We are converting quite a few beds from non-certified to certified.  We have done MDSs on the people in the non-cert beds but have not transported to the state.  Will we have to do admission assessments on these long term care residents now although they may have been in the same bed for years?  Becky LaBarge, RN., RAC-C Resident Assessment & Admission Supervisor (816)347-2453, JKV Ext #2453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Notice:  This e-mail message including attachments, if any, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.  If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to receive communications through this medium, please notify this office immediately.