What do quality care plans, purposeful assessments, accurate reimbursement, positive survey results, good public relations, and good quality measures have in common? The answer: a well developed and ...

The new minimum data set (MDS) 3.0 impacts each and every department within the nursing facility, from the therapy team to the administrator. Following are details about how each is affected and some ...

So, it’s finally here. MDS 3.0, the updated resident assessment tool, has officially taken effect. So how exactly will this highly anticipated system change the way you, nursing home providers, ...

When MDS 3.0 took effect Oct. 1, it brought some of the most sweeping operational changes the long-term care segment has seen since the prospective payment system was introduced in 1999. It also ...

Connie Blevins, a licensed practical nurse with Arkansas Convalescent Center, recently obtained AANAC MDS 3.0 certification RAC-CT after intense training in Hot Springs, Ark. Blevins is a graduate of ...