PRI Communications develops forms and systems for cost-effective and time-efficient medical record documentation.

PR&A, through PRI Communications, put their extensive experience and mind share to work and created the needed forms and systems that long term care providers/clinicians must have, under PPS, to ensure documentation of pertinent data and ease and efficiency in validating information for Minimum Data Set (MDS) purposes. PRI Communications offers providers policies and procedures for each medical record form.

PRI Communications has further developed objective quality assurance monitoring tools that provide management staff with a means for tangible and measurable indicators of assurance.

It is essential for those in the industry to understand that the MDS is not an assessment of the resident, but of the resident’s medical record. As such, upon an external audit, if the medical record for the given period does not reflect the responses recorded on the MDS, the service or condition becomes invalid -- as does the patient classification and the reimbursement therefrom.

Since its debut in 1988, PRI Communications has realized enormous success through meeting the significant documentation need with efficient tools and proven systems.

• Effectively educate and empower clinicians;
• Are based on standards of professional practice and regulations
• Help clients attain and sustain optimal reimbursement outcomes under OBRA ’87 and the Medicare RUG III methodology.
• Audit and analyze existing clinical steps and identify areas for improvement in process
• Ensure accurate and effective patient-care documentation
• Flag and force clinicians to address quality care issues.

• Activities
• Dietary
• Medical
• Nursing
• Rehabilitation
• Social Work

Forms are available for all disciplines, and under a number of titles:

• Activities / Recreation Therapy Assessment
• Activities / Recreation Therapy Care Plan
• Activities / Recreation Therapy Reassessment
• Medical Evaluation
• Nursing Full Assessment
• Nursing Quarterly Review
• Nursing Care Plan
• Nutritional Full Assessment
• Nutritional Quarterly Assessment
• Nutritional Care Plan
• Social Service Full Assessment
• Social Service Interim Assessment
• Social Service Care Plan
• Medical Evaluation
• Comprehensive Care Plan
• Rehabilitation Notes

Additionally, PRI Communications offers providers manuals that depict the conceptual framework, system design and tools to facilitate implementation of practical and operational models of care. Amongst the manuals that are available are: Rehabilitation Nursing, Infection Control, Quality Assurance and Discipline-Specific Manuals.

PRI Communications forms and systems are copyrighted with the U.S. Library of Congress.

To learn more, or to order forms for your facility, contact us.