Course: MDS 3.0 Section GG – Guide for the SNF Therapist

•  Cost:
  • Basic Member: $99
  • Individual Member: $99  $49.50
  • Facility Member: Use the Facility Member Request Form 
• Contact Hours: 2.0  – Contact Hours / .20 CEU’s
• *Modified 10/2018 to add the Section GG updates for 10/1/18 for an additional 1.0 Contact Hour / .10 CEU
• Total Contact Hours:  3.0 – Contact Hours / .30 CEU’s
• Description:
  • This video and supplemental handouts will provide the SNF therapist with the essential information required to complete Section GG of the MDS 3.0. Section GG “Self-Care and Mobility” coding and goal setting will require the input from physical and occupational therapists for accurate completion. Learn what the questions entail and how to code them, as well as the documentation required to back them up. Participants will learn what SNFs should be doing to ensure proper documentation and coding, including recommendations for how to implement this task into the daily work-flow. Participants will also learn how this information will be tied to reimbursement and how to avoid payment penalties.
  • On 10/1/18, Section GG of the MDS expanded with new item sets in Self Care and Mobility, as well as additional Sections for Prior Level of Function. A supplemental video is provided to review the 10/1/18 GG changes, and also includes a brief review on all MDS changes for 10/1/18.
• Level: (x) Entry Level   (x) Intermediate ( )Advanced
• Type:
  • Video Instruction and Supplemental Handout Material
    • New PPS Medicare Part A Discharge Assessment
    • Section G vs GG comparison
    • Self Care and Mobility Section Details
    • Sample Documentation Tool for 3-Day Window Start and End of Medicare Part A (2016)
  • Video Instruction and Supplemental Handout Material added 10/1/18 for new Section GG updates
    • New PPS Medicare Part A Discharge Assessment with Section GG
    • New 5 day PPS MDS with updated Section GG
• Author: Dolores Montero, PT, DPT, GCS, RAC-CT. About the presenter

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