MDS Manager (Nursing)
$85,280 – $99,840 • yearly
NurseAmerica Healthcare
Job Description
Job Title: MDS Manager (Nursing)
Location: Watertown, NY
Shift: 5:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Salary: $85,280 – $99,840 annually
Job Summary:
Join our healthcare team as an MDS Manager. You'll oversee the MDS process for residents, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations and optimizing reimbursement. You’ll also educate staff, conduct audits, and coordinate care planning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage MDS assessments per Medicare, Medicaid, and OBRA guidelines.
- Educate staff on MDS/RUGS processes.
- Audit resident records to support quality care and reimbursement.
- Liaise with residents, families, providers, and insurers.
- Identify residents at risk for higher care needs.
- Ensure accurate documentation and interdisciplinary communication.
- Lead resident care conferences.
- Participate in state and federal inspections or audits.
Requirements:
- Experience: LTC/Geriatric care experience required.
- Knowledge: Familiar with nursing practices, Medicare/Medicaid regulations, PPS, and documentation standards.
- Skills: Strong organizational, computer, and communication skills.
- Certifications:
- Current NYS RN license required.
- RNAC certification preferred.
- Experience in quality assurance and appeals process a plus.
- Current NYS RN license required.
RN
Geriatrics
$85,280.00 - $99,840.00
Yearly
ADN MSN/MSRN BSN
1 year
Permanent/Full-Time
Hospital Clinic/Private Practice Telemedicine
No
Watertown, New York, United States
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