I would never omit anything on the MDS to get higher reimbursement.My question was
answered nicely[thank you Nathan].Usually when I have an SE3,I have no therapy mins in
the ard timeframe.This time I did,so was concerned that the FI would question it.Most
of our admits come in and Rug into rehab.I often use 1 or 2 grace days[we do therapy 6
days a week]Our most often Rug is RV etc.I usually can't answer yes to a parenteral iv
and iv med in the last 7 days.T he particular scenario that I asked about I could..In
the same vane is anyone else as MDS coordinators having to give PEP talks to other
disciplines about the absolute need to answer the questions honestly.We had this
discussion at our management meeting this a.m. as activities is a concern on our QA
report.I keep emphasizing that somethings can be explained.I tell them not falsify the
record to improve the QA.
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