Overview
CMS has updated the MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Manual related to changes due to the 10-1-2023 MDS updates. The end of Section G ADLs has impacted multiple Quality Measures. In addition to those impacted by Section G’s removal, other QMs were also updated. This presentation will focus on the newly updated MDS 3.0 Quality Measures along with the impact on the 5-Star Quality Rating program.
This webinar will also provide basic information about MDS 3.0 Quality Measures, including: stay vs. episode, long stay vs. short stay, look-back scan, assessments used for calculating the QMs, numerator, denominator, exclusions and covariates. Once the basics have been covered, the presentation will focus on the newly updated MDS 3.0 Quality Measures and the impact these changes can have on the 5-Star Quality Rating system as well as survey implications.
Learning Objectives:
1. List the four new late-loss ADLs.
2. State 2 MDS 3.0 Quality Measures that required significant changes due to the change in ADL coding from Section G to Section GG.
3. Report 2 MDS 3.0 Quality Measures that were changed from high-risk or low-risk to include all residents due to the MDS updates.
Instructor
Carol Maher, RN, GERO-BC, RAC-MTA, RAC-MT, CPC
Carol Maher is a Board Certified Gerontological Registered Nurse with over 30 years of long term care experience and has worked in long term care in many roles. She worked as the MDS Coordinator in a 300 bed SNF in Pennsylvania for 8 years before moving to CA to become the MDS Coordinator/Director for a 1200 bed SNF in San Francisco. She has also worked as the MDS Coordinator in a SNF that typically had 60-75 residents on Medicare in addition to 160 long-term care residents. Most recently she was the Senior VP of Utilization Services and Director of Reimbursement for large multi-facility organizations.
Carol has worked as one of the Gold Standard nurses for MDS 3.0, serving on the RAP workgroup to prepare the way for the CAAs for MDS 3.0, and participating on a number of Technical Expert Panels related to MDS, Quality Measures and care planning. A sought-after speaker, she has given presentations at AANAC, AHCA and Leading Age national conferences as well as many state organization presentations. She is also a frequent author of articles related to the RAI process and PPS. Carol served as a member of the AANAC Board of Directors for 9 years. She is presently serving as the chair of the AANAC Expert Advisory Panel and as an AANAC Master Teacher of the RAC-CT and RAC-CTA certification courses. Ms. Maher is the Director of Education for Hansen Hunter, providing MDS and Medicare classes across the country, presenting monthly educational webinars and completing compliance audits. She is the author of Long-Term Care MDS Coordinator’s Field Guide (HCPRO 2016).
Credit Hours
- 1.5 hours for Licensed Nurses
- 1.5 NAB hours for Nursing Home Adminstrators
This pre-recorded webinar expires on September 27, 2025.