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MDS 3.0 Update, September 6, 2010
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If you haven't visited MDSCentral recently, here's what you've missed:
- Skilled Healthcare was found liable July 6 for improperly staffing 22 facilities in the state. As a result, Skilled Healthcare was ordered to pay $677 million in restitution, the largest jury award in the U.S. this year.
- CMS recently released transition information for SNF PPS assessments that span the October 1 MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV implementation date.
- We answered a visitor's question about when to code side rails as restraints.
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