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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:

  1. 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
  2. August 29: Unit 5 – Tara Hawks RN, RAI Coordinator
    • Section J: Health Conditions
    • Section K: Swallowing/Nutritional Status
    • Section L: Dental
    • Section M: Skin
  3. September 5: Unit 6 – Tara Hawks, RAI Coordinator
    • Section N: Medications
    • Section O: Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs
  4. 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:

Additional training videos from CMS are highly recommended:

If you have any questions, please contact the MDS Help Desk at [email protected]

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