Medicare: Skilled Documentation

Course overview

Nursing documentation continues to evolve with the changing world of healthcare reimbursement. Nurses play a key role in determining the amount of reimbursement skilled nursing facilities receive. Their documentation must reflect the need for skilled services. This course explains general documentation guidelines and concepts to support skilled nursing services. It also explains how skilled nursing documentation supports the coding of the MDS 3.0. Having the knowledge and understanding of Medicare skilled documentation assists with minimizing financial risks for organizations. The goal of this course is to educate nursing professionals and administrators in skilled nursing facilities on Medicare skilled documentation.