You must have 15 months of MDS's available to staff and surveyors. You do not have to keep this on the medical record, but it has to be "readily accessible" to the above. I keep the current MDS and care plan on the chart and keep the rest in a file cabinet in my office that the charge nurse has a key to. After 15 months, the MDS's and care plans may go into overflow in medical records.
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MDS files In a message dated 1/14/2004 11:08:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >How many months of mds's do we need to leave on the >chart? 18? 15? What do you do with the rest? > 15 >Thanx in advance > >===== >Jennifer RN BSN MDS Coordinator > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes >http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus >/---------------------------------------------------------- >The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the > American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators > � � �"Committed to the Assessment Professional" >Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your > � � � � questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. > � �For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org >-----------------------------------------------------------/ > /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
