Full-service long-term care consulting · MDS and reimbursement first
SMK Medical keeps MDS and PDPM reimbursement accurate and gets nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and assisted living communities ready for survey. For single buildings and smaller operators, nonprofit and for-profit, we are the regional MDS support you don’t have in house. Remote and onsite, in all 50 states.
Survey team in the building or just left? Call (313) 314-8267 for Immediate Jeopardy removal plans and Plan of Correction support.
Full-service consulting
MDS is where most communities start. We cover survey, quality, training and leadership too, so you are not juggling five vendors.
Monthly MDS and PDPM audits, coverage when your MDS nurse leaves, and Medicare ADR response.
Learn more SurveyMock surveys, Plans of Correction, Immediate Jeopardy removal and informal dispute resolution.
Learn more QualityQAPI programs and performance improvement projects that move your quality measures.
Learn more PeopleMDS, QCP and staff training, coaching for leaders, continuing education and CPR.
Learn more LeadershipInterim administrators, ownership changes, closures and EMR projects.
Learn moreHow most clients work with us: they start with MDS, then add mock surveys, QAPI and training as the relationship grows.
Trusted by facilities, associations, and partners
For single buildings and smaller operators, nonprofit and for-profit
Large chains have regional MDS consultants checking every assessment. Single buildings and smaller operators usually don’t, so missed PDPM capture, late assessments and flat quality measures go unnoticed until a denial or a survey finds them. SMK fills that seat.
We review your assessments every month, flag missed reimbursement and coding errors, and show your team how to fix them.
Remote MDS coverage within 48 hours so assessments stay on time and your Medicare billing does not stall.
Hands-on MDS and PDPM training for new and experienced coordinators, led by an AAPACN-certified master trainer.
Services
Six service lines, one team of licensed administrators, nurses, and MDS specialists who have run buildings themselves.
Most requested
Full CMS-style mock surveys with chart audits, observations, interviews, and a written report within 7 business days.
Crisis support
Immediate Jeopardy removal plans, CMS-2567 review, and Plan of Correction writing when the survey has already gone wrong.
Revenue integrity
MDS completion with a 48-hour nurse guarantee, PDPM accuracy reviews, and audits that hold up to CMS review.
QAPI programs built by QCP-certified consultants that drive measurable change, not binders.
Onsite and remote training for administrators, DONs, MDS teams, and frontline staff, plus executive coaching.
Experienced oversight for facility closures, interim leadership, EMR projects, and policy development.
Our approach
Our consultants are operators. They have held the administrator, DON, MDS coordinator, and regional roles your team holds now, and they have stood in the room during IJ exits and revisit surveys.
That shapes how we work. We review your real documentation, sit with your department heads, and correct the systems that produce citations. You get findings you can act on the same week, not a template.
Sister company
SurveyGuard is the AI-powered compliance platform built by SMK Medical’s founder for nursing homes. It runs mock surveys, QAPI, grievances, audits, and Plans of Correction in one system, and integrates with PointClickCare and MatrixCare. More than 25 facilities already use it.
Google reviews
They have assisted our facility to be on the right path to increase our quality measures from a 1 to a 4-star within a 12 month period. Very easy to work with.
Thank you SMK. After our MDS nurse left you were able to fill in without any disruptions and actually handled things more efficiently with better results.
Demetrius Kirk, as President of SMK, has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and consulting expertise in MDS and Care Plan Development.
Tell us what is happening in your building. A senior consultant will call you back, usually the same business day.