New MDS 3.0 Provider Training Series Set to Begin

The first video, "Discharge Assessments and the Use of Dashes" will be made available on the MDS 3.0 Training page in the Related Links section and on YouTube by the end of the week. 

Discharge assessments and the use of dashes are addressed in the new MDS 3.0 Provider Update Training Series.  This training series is the first web-based training offered in 2013 to providers addressing post-acute care topics.  The first video covers MDS 3.0 updates for the Nursing Home setting.  It includes a CMS introduction, a panel presentation explaining what the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual and the MDS 3.0 assessment intrument are, and includes two training topics.  The first training topic focuses on discharge assessments, and the second topic explains how to properly code with dashes.