Quarterly RAI/MDS Forum – July 28, 2016, from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

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Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates

Attention: Nursing Home Providers, MDS Coordinators

RAI/MDS Educational Forum

 

Announcing the July 2016, Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/ Minimum Data Set (MDS) Educational Forum

The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) will be hosting a quarterly RAI/MDS Educational Forum on Thursday July 28, 2016, from 1:00-2:00 p.m.  The MDS Education and Automation Coordinators will be addressing topics of current interest regarding the RAI process. This will include a review of the new section GG, along with other MDS changes effective 10/01/2016. Wisconsin provider Q&As will also be discussed.

The RAI/MDS Educational Forum will utilize an ‘internet meeting format’ via your computer for sharing information. It is highly recommended that you test your computer for connection compatibility prior to the day of the Forum by going to:  https://connect.wisconsin.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

On the day of the forum, connect online to the free ‘virtual meeting room’ broadcast approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the training at: https://connect.wisconsin.gov/dhsdqa-mdsforum/

Enter DQA’s online meeting room as a ‘Guest,’ signing in with the name of your nursing home.

If you have a RAI/MDS question or topic of interest you would like to have discussed at this forum, please email Margaret (Peg) Katz no later than Friday July 22, 2016, at:  Margaret.Katz@dhs.wisconsin.gov

 
For additional information, please see the RAI/MDS web page on the DHS website at https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/nh/rai-mds.htm.