Regional RN Assessment Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

The Regional RN Assessment Coordinator (RNAC) will be responsible for the coordination of the MDS processes related to assessment of residents associated with all residents in our communities. RRNAC will report onsite at a nursing facility four days a week. The RRNAC will report directly to the Regional Director of Clinical Reimbursement.

Key Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with your direct supervisor, Regional Nurses when instructed, as well as the MDS Coordinators.

• Gather information on the facility’s current patients for the MDS assessment, including physical and mental states.

• Assess electronic charts and communicate with health care teams to ensure all documentation is current and in place to accurately code each MDS to reflect each resident’s status.

• Must have a full understanding of the new MDS 3.0 resident assessments, such as the Care Area Assessments (CAA) process, however they will not be completing CAA.

• Must have a functional and working knowledge of both OBRA (Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987) assessments as well as

• Medicare and Medicare Replacement policies to ensure that the facility always complies with Medicaid or Medicare standards . RRNAC nurse will be required to act as the main communicator with the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).

• Strong and driven personality with excellent communication skills and capable of working independently.

• Work closely with the therapy department to monitor rolling sevens.

• Set up and maintain MDS schedules, coding, and auditing for errors.

• Understand MDS RAI regulations for coding MDS A-Z.

• Work closely with SNF clinical team to research, code and lock assessments.

• Be able to batch and transmit MDS to CMS.

• Perform weekly MDS ARD audits for upcoming ARD’s in order to communicate concerns with missing information necessary to code MDS accurately.

Key Job Requirements

• Must have a valid professional license (RN) that is in good standing with the State

• 2 years minimum MDS experience, required.

• Familiarity with RUG reimbursement generation for both Medicare and Medicaid.

• Software experience in My Unity, Point Click Care, Casamba, and Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.

• Knowledge of scheduling ARDs.

• Knowledge of Quality Measures (QM).

• Must be trained in medical terminology, anatomy, health assessment, pharmacology, and clinical skills.

• Must be willing to be a team player.