Re: MDS Question

[Janice]

Title: FW: MDS Question

My understanding are that grace days are there to use in case someone is sick, res. or staff, or you are working around a holiday, or extenuating circumstances.  It is my understanding also that if a facility is using grace days consistently it is going to bring up a red flag and will be looked into by surveyors.  ----- Original Message ----- From: Sodos, Sandy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:16 PM Subject: FW: MDS Question Hi All: I have a question from one of our Medical Records personnel.  Can anyone help with this one?                         I have an MDS question for you, is it OK to use 2-3 grace days with every 5day MDS? Can you tell me how should an facility use the grace days. We have an out side Therapy that comes in and see our residents, they are telling us they used 3 grace days all the time, is this OK. We want to make sure that our facility is doing this correctly. Please let us know any thing about the grace days.         Thanks         Patty Ooton                                                                       Confidentiality Statement          The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments to this message are intended to the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify The Terraces immediately at 602-371-4162 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] and destroy all copies of this e-mail and any attachments.