Help, its almost 4 in the afternoon, and my mind has clocked out for
the day. This am my administrator brought in our case mix, it had
dropped down considerably. Some of it is easy to explain, like
deaths, and improvement in condition. But upon looking over an mds
recently submitted, and the one used for case mix last time, I noted
something and I hope someone can help my poor overworked, underpaid, and
very little sleep brain.
The last mds was a significant change, decline. Previous was a
quarterly. My question is this why did the score drop from the last
mds to this one. Here are the numbers: mds on 11/05/2003-5
CB2 INDEX 1.1500: mds 01/28/2004-3 PD1 INDEX 0.8900. I realize
this maybe simple, but my brain has died, and I am feeling pressure right
now from the powers that be to have to explain the changes with the
index. Thank you in advance. Any suggestions, explanations, or
statements of duhh will be greatly appreciated.
