RE: Newly Certified Beds

[Brenda Chance]

Title: Newly Certified Beds

You would not do transmission for residents in noncertified beds.  As a matter of fact, the state rejects them when you attempt to send 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: Jane Craven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Newly Certified Beds   MDS transmission has been required for all OBRA assessments since 6/22/98.  Have you received a citation in the mail for failure to transmit?  It is always a widespread scope and the initial cite is a “C”, and it climbs the severity ladder on the second cite, etc.   Jane Craven, RN, C. Sr. Consultant, Nursing Services Tendercare (Michigan) Inc.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rlabarge (Becky LaBarge) 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.