Did You Know?

Did You Know Questions?

Q1) Is it necessary to modify the MDS for section A0600A? Will this affect the data in IQIES? Will this result in the reasons for "missing assessment" or something? 

Q2) Is a part A discharge needed if a patient exhausts their 100 days of Medicare and stays in SNF? 

Q3) What is the minimum documentation needed to code days & minutes of respiratory therapy on the MDS when incentive spirometry is the modality being administered? 

Q4) How would the Pneumococcal Vaccine status be coded if the facility offered the vaccination and the resident accepted, but the medication is on backorder?