MDS Resources and Summer Webinars

DSHS’s seminar series is designed to provide detailed, section-by-section information about the skilled nursing facility minimum data set – the MDS. There are five additional virtual sessions planned for Thursdays, from 10-noon.
The URL will be the same for all sessions:
Join Each Meeting via Microsoft Teams. Need help?
Meeting ID: 235 816 057 084
Passcode: gkUFpd
Below is a list of the remaining WA Summer webinar series units:
- August 22: Unit 4 – Tara Hawks RN, RAI Coordinator
- Section F: Preferences
- Section GG: Functional Abilities & Goals
- Section H: Bowel and Bladder
- Section I: Active Diagnosis
- August 29: Unit 5 – Tara Hawks RN, RAI Coordinator
- Section J: Health Conditions
- Section K: Swallowing/Nutritional Status
- Section L: Dental
- Section M: Skin
- September 5: Unit 6 – Tara Hawks, RAI Coordinator
- Section N: Medications
- Section O: Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs
- September 12: Unit 7 – Tara Hawks, RAI Coordinator
- Section P: Alarms and Restraints
- Section Q: Participation in Assessment and Goal Setting
- Section V: CAAs and Care Planning
- Section X: Correction Request
- Section Z: Assessment Administration
- Combining PPS and OBRA Assessments
Here are additional resources-encore presentations from this summer series:
- Case Mix reports, defaults, exclusions
- iQIES and CASPER Reports
- Quality Measures, Modifications and QAPI
- Quality Measures Calculations
Additional training videos from CMS are highly recommended:
- Introduction to the SNF QRP – Overview (pac.training)
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Training | CMS
- CMS SNF 2023 Guidance Training Program – YouTube
If you have any questions, please contact the MDS Help Desk at [email protected]