Re: number of mds's...

[JEMartin6452]

In a message dated 3/10/2004 6:01:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greetings, Our facility is looking at making some changes.  Would like to know from the group what is considered a reasonable number of MDS's that one could do in a weeks time.  We are a dually certified facility.  Is it realistic to be resposible for 82 residents  to which I would be responsible for coding a good portion of the mds and overseeing that other departments do their part in a timely manner?  I would also be doing the submissions for the entire facility plus the careplans and going to the careplan meetings.  We have a total cencus of 156 with another person who will do the other approx. half.. It seems that on some weeks this could be a heavy load for anyone person to handle...especially when one could have several full or comprehensive assessments.  What are some pros and cons that I can bring back to our follow up meeting this friday. Thanks in advance.  All thoughts appreciated. June June, I work in a 46 bed facility.  I'm the MDS Coordinator but I work 20-25 hours per week.  I also have restorative, dietary, and social work doing their parts of the MDS.  I do the scheduling, medicare meetings, care conferences, etc.  We average 6-7 medicare residents at a time and roughly 6-8 assessments per week.  Of the 6-8 assessments per week we usually have a couple of full assessments.  I have had weeks where we had 11 assessments but most were PPS only.  Hope that helps.