Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the completion of MDS assessment on all residents within established timelines.
• Understands how the MDS assessment integrates with existing clinical tools and provides leadership in streamlining these processes.
• Understands and provides critical analysis of data at different levels of aggregation. (Resident, Home Health Zone, etc.).
• Articulates for staff the strengths of MDS as a clinical assessment tool including how RAP triggers and care plans enhance quality care.
• Articulates the financial implications of coding inconsistencies.
• Acts as key contact and liaison with: Health Zone/AH&W/CIHI/PCC or others as appropriate on RAI data.
• Develops facility specific material within the PCC program as required.
• Locks/Unlocks the RAI individual assessments as required.
• Batches and submits assessments quarterly to appropriate data repository. ...