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📢 Missed Today’s Webinar? Don’t Worry—Another One is Coming Soon! 🎤📅

If you missed today’s session on CAAs: Laying the Foundation for Person-Centered Comprehensive Care Planning, don’t worry—you can tune in on February 25 for our next session:
🔹 Building Person-Centered Care Plans, Trained IDT, and Resident Voice – A Blueprint for Success

📢 Why This Matters:
Person-Centered Care Plans remain a top survey deficiency for 2024, with F-Tag 656 ranking #6 nationally. Developing an effective care plan requires a trained IDT, strong communication, and active resident involvement to truly reflect individual goals and needs.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Key care plan regulations & compliance strategies
✅ How to build person-centered care plans with an engaged IDT
✅ Auditing & monitoring strategies to strengthen care planning

👩‍⚕️ Who Should Attend?
Administrators, DONs, NACs, MDS Coordinators, & IDT members

🔗 Don’t see the register button? Become an MDS Expert Member today to gain access to ALL our webinars! www.mdsexpert.com/webinars-training/

📅 Date: February 25
👩‍🏫 Trainers: Linda Winston & Barb Bates

#MDSConsultants #LongTermCare #MDSExperts #PersonCenteredCare #CarePlanning #NursingLeadership #SkilledNursing #HealthcareEducation
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8 hours ago
📢 MDS Consultants at NASVH 2025! 

We’re proud to be at the NASVH Conference in Arlington, VA, continuing our long history of serving State Veterans Homes and supporting the care of those who served our country. 🎖️💙

Our team is here engaging with healthcare decision-makers and leadership, discussing MDS, compliance, and best practices to enhance long-term care services for veterans.

📍 If youre attending, stop by and say hello! We’d love to connect and share how MDS Consultants can support your facility.

#NASVH2025 #MDSConsultants #VeteransCare #SkilledNursing #LongTermCare #MDSExperts #HealthcareLeadership

📢 MDS Consultants at NASVH 2025!

We’re proud to be at the NASVH Conference in Arlington, VA, continuing our long history of serving State Veterans Homes and supporting the care of those who served our country. 🎖️💙

Our team is here engaging with healthcare decision-makers and leadership, discussing MDS, compliance, and best practices to enhance long-term care services for veterans.

📍 If you're attending, stop by and say hello! We’d love to connect and share how MDS Consultants can support your facility.

#NASVH2025 #MDSConsultants #VeteransCare #SkilledNursing #LongTermCare #MDSExperts #HealthcareLeadership
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8 hours ago

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𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 
𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽! 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. 
MDS Completion, MDS System Management, CMI Management, ICD-10 Coding, Education/Training, System and Data Audits, or services based on customized needs. https://cstu.io/e5405f

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽! 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗗𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.
MDS Completion, MDS System Management, CMI Management, ICD-10 Coding, Education/Training, System and Data Audits, or services based on customized needs. cstu.io/e5405f
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🌟 Enhance Your Clinical Assessment Skills! 🌟

Join us for the AAPACN Resident Assessment Coordinator—Certified (RAC-CT®) certification workshop! 📚✨

🗓️ Dates: March 17-20 🕒 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET 📍 Location: Virtual

Gain in-depth knowledge of clinical assessment and care planning, master the MDS, understand the regulations surrounding the RAI/MDS process, and manage the PDPM effectively.

With the RAC-CT credential, youll be recognized as a knowledgeable and capable MDS professional. This certification is the most widely-recognized and respected MDS 3.0 certification in the long-term care profession.

👩‍🏫 Presented by: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, QCP

Dont miss this opportunity to advance your career and enhance your skills!
🔗Register: https://cstu.io/829d32

#ClinicalAssessment #CarePlanning #MDS #RAI #PDPM #RACCT #NursingCertification #LongTermCare #ProfessionalDevelopment #AAPACN

🌟 Enhance Your Clinical Assessment Skills! 🌟

Join us for the AAPACN Resident Assessment Coordinator—Certified (RAC-CT®) certification workshop! 📚✨

🗓️ Dates: March 17-20 🕒 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET 📍 Location: Virtual

Gain in-depth knowledge of clinical assessment and care planning, master the MDS, understand the regulations surrounding the RAI/MDS process, and manage the PDPM effectively.

With the RAC-CT credential, you'll be recognized as a knowledgeable and capable MDS professional. This certification is the most widely-recognized and respected MDS 3.0 certification in the long-term care profession.

👩‍🏫 Presented by: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, QCP

Don't miss this opportunity to advance your career and enhance your skills!
🔗Register: cstu.io/829d32

#ClinicalAssessment #CarePlanning #MDS #RAI #PDPM #RACCT #NursingCertification #LongTermCare #ProfessionalDevelopment #AAPACN
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4 days ago

📢 Upcoming Webinar: CAAs – The Key to Person-Centered Care Planning! 🏥✨

Join us on February 11 for our webinar “CAAs: Laying the Foundation for Person-Centered Comprehensive Care Planning” and take a deep dive into the critical role of Care Area Assessments (CAAs) in MDS accuracy and care planning.

🔍 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How to properly develop CAAs for comprehensive care plans
✅ Integrating non-triggered clinical information for a holistic resident view
✅ Auditing & monitoring strategies to ensure CAA accuracy

💡 Who Should Attend?
Administrators, DONs, NACs, MDS Coordinators, & the Interdisciplinary Team!

📅 Date: February 11, 2025
👩‍⚕️ Presented by: Linda Winston & Barb Bates
🔗 Register Now: cstu.io/13cc67

#MDSConsultants #LongTermCare #MDSExperts #CAAs #PersonCenteredCare #NursingLeadership #SkilledNursing #CarePlanning20252025
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4 days ago
What is the Foundation of Person-Centered Care Planning? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has developed 20 CAAs to address problems that are common to nursing home residents; these are integrated into the RAI as part of the comprehensive MDS. Each CAA is intended to help the IDT review potential causes, risk factors, and complications that triggered the care area condition, and supports the IDT members to exercise critical thinking skills in developing an effective care plan for that area.
Follow the link for our full blog  Laying the Foundation – Care Area Assessments to Care Plans https://cstu.io/49559e

What is the Foundation of Person-Centered Care Planning? "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has developed 20 CAAs to address problems that are common to nursing home residents; these are integrated into the RAI as part of the comprehensive MDS. Each CAA is intended to help the IDT review potential causes, risk factors, and complications that triggered the care area condition, and supports the IDT members to exercise critical thinking skills in developing an effective care plan for that area."
Follow the link for our full blog " Laying the Foundation – Care Area Assessments to Care Plans" cstu.io/49559e
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6 days ago
𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: The submission deadline for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment data and data submitted to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for July 1 – September 30 (Q3) of calendar year (CY) 2024 are due with this submission deadline, which is 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality https://cstu.io/07cc03

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: The submission deadline for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment data and data submitted to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for July 1 – September 30 (Q3) of calendar year (CY) 2024 are due with this submission deadline, which is 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality cstu.io/07cc03 ... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago

Today on World Cancer Day, let’s unite in raising awareness and supporting the fight against cancer. Whether it's sharing your story, encouraging early screenings, or simply offering a kind word, every action makes a difference. Join us in promoting hope, progress, and solidarity in the battle against cancer.

#WorldCancerDay #CancerAwareness #FightCancer #Hope #Community
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1 week ago

❤️ February is American Heart Month. We’re celebrating the beating heart of long-term care, our residents and caregivers who make heart health a daily priority. From exercise programs to nutritious meals and compassionate care, every beat counts in building a healthier community.

#AmericanHeartMonth #LongTermCare #HeartHealth #CaringCommunities
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