I’ve trained hundreds of MDS coordinators since CMS announced the Patient Driven Payment Model in 2018. All of them have heard me say time and time again, “You aren’t a data entry clerk, you’re an ...

Q: What are the concerns or consequences of dashing items on the MDS? A: Except for items using a dash-filled value to indicate an event has not yet occurred, i.e. the Medicare stay end date, a dash ...