mds coordinator - West Melbourne, FL , USA, United States - Indian River Center

Description

MDS Coordinator (LPN or RN)

Responsibilities:

• Tracks Medicare Customers to determine continued and appropriate Medicare eligibility and benefit period by determining skilled level of need


• Performs concurrent MDS review to ensure appropriate RUGs category is achieved through the capture of appropriate clinical information.


• Identifies opportunities to enhance reimbursement


• Utilizes the PCC generated format to Communicate to the IDT team, the MDS assessment schedule to ensure timely facilitation of the Care Planning process

Requirements:

• Current RN/LPN Licensure in the state of Florida


• One year of long term care clinical Nursing experience is required.


• Experience with Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, MDS completion, clinical resource utilization and/or case management is highly desirable