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| PPS Alert for Long-Term Care |
| January 2008 |
| Follow these MDS coding tips for your CPS score |
| Editor's note: This article is the second in a two-part series about the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS).
You may not regard determining a resident's CPS as one of your key job duties. However, there's a lot riding on your scoring.
Significant financial and survey implications mean that the MDS items that contribute to the CPS must be coded accurately, says Patricia Boyer, MSM, RN, NHA, president of the long-term care consulting firm Boyer and Associates, LLC, in Brookfield, WI. Follow these steps to ensure that your MDS coding produces the correct CPS score for each resident |
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