Author Archives: Tricia Perduk

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Food for Thought: Recognizing Difficulties with Eating, Drinking, & Swallowing

Recognizing Difficulties with Eating, Drinking, & Swallowing

How are difficulties with eating, drinking, and swallowing recognized?  Sometimes it is difficult and goes unnoticed for a while until we recognize that there may be an issue. When we spend a great deal of time with each other during mealtimes, it is easy to miss changes that may be important. Changes can happen slowly, and we fail to recognize them as significant. Here is a list of items that may help identify changes that can indicate potential changes/issues with eating, drinking, and swallowing. Read More ›

MUI Investigative Agent Cody Bauer.

MUI Staff Spotlight: Cody Bauer

We would like to introduce our newest Investigate Agent Cody Bauer! Cody started with Summit DD in November and has just recently started to be assigned cases. Read More ›

MUI Manager and Analyst Matt Klink

MUI Departmental Change

Recently our IA Analyst Matt Klink was promoted to MUI Manager. While Matt will continue to perform his duties regarding trainings and trend analysis, he will also begin to direct supervise some of the IAs. Read More ›

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Annual Analysis Reminder

As we look ahead to 2025, we want to remind everyone about the upcoming 2024 Annual Analysis. As a reminder, all providers need to conduct their 2024 MUI analysis by no later than 1/31/25 and then submit their analysis to Summit DD by no later than 2/28/25. Read More ›

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