- THCA

Volume XXX, Number 10
October 2015

Did You Miss the MDS 3.0 Update Webinar on Sept. 28?

Want to learn what changes will happen to MDS in October? Then listen to the archived presentation, MDS 3.0 Update for October 2015. The event is geared toward MDS nursing staff, nurse managers and surveyors. During the webinar, Cheryl Shiffer, DADS Quality Monitoring Program Nurse and Texas MDS Clinical Coordinator, covered the following topics:

New MDS item sets (v1.13.2)
Changes and clarifications in the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual (v1.13)
ICD-10 update, including codes prohibited on Texas MDS
New Quality Measures User’s Manual, v9.0

Click here to follow along or take notes during the presentation.

Questions can be emailed to cheryl.shiffer@dads.state.tx.us

President’s Report

President’s Report

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Legislative Update

Senator Kolkhorst Honored as Long Term Care Champion

THCA Joins Events for Texas Congressmen

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Commitment to Care

Commitment to Care – Topic of the Month
Have you Heard? About the One a Month Campaign

If you missed the Update of Quality Concerns in Dementia Care Webinar – Why Doctors Should Rarely Prescribe Antipsychotics in Texas Nursing Homes?

MDS Member Alerts

October is here and so is ICD-10

ICD-10 Prohibited HIV/AIDS codes for MDS 3.0

jRAVEN Software Version 1.3.0 Available

Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual v1.13 Released

MDS 3.0 Quality Measures Manual V9.0 Released

Important Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Provider Action Items

MDS System-Generated Final Validation Reports Available in Text and XML Format

Did You Miss the MDS 3.0 Update Webinar on Sept. 28?

If you have any questions about the THCA C to C Initiative or would like to share your facilities successes please contact me at gbwilliams@txhca.org or call (512) 458-1257.

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