The Rate And A Masterpiece

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Two particularly good good things happened to me at work last week.

First, during our daily stand-up meeting one morning, our Administrator announced that of the organization's facilities in our financial group, our facility is the #1 most profitable this year for the organization. While the work that I do as the MDS Coordinator is not the sole determinant of that fact, the work that I do impacts that fact significantly. At the end of July, I'll have been there one year - and as for the year that I've been there, our May 2009 to date average daily Medicare reimbursement rate stands increased roughly 25% over the facility's average daily Medicare reimbursement rate for the entire year of 2008. That's a huge increase. More importantly, the RUG (resource utilization group) scores which comprise that magnificient increase are meticulously proven with documentation I keep in a file to validate and prove each Medicare RUG score. Our Director of Therapy and I work very well together to maximize our facility's reimbursement rate - as our Medicare reimbursement rate testifies. The rate trend consistently continues upward.

Second, yesterday one of our Corporate Support Specialists came to our daily stand-up meeting. She made a comment to all those present regarding the clinical care plans (like clinical action plans, sort of) I write (I also am the Care Plan Coordinator as well as the MDS Coordinator), calling one in particular "a masterpiece." She requested that I print off a hardcopy of it for her. She also requested that I do a special in-service on the clinical issue the care plan addressed. I really appreciated her comment and public recognition on behalf of the corporation of my hard work and ability.

I hope my approaching first yearly evaluation reflects these two good things that happened to me last week.