CMS expecting big crowd for MDS 3.0 special Open Door Forum
Jan 09, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the first time is requesting advance registration for a nursing home “Open Door Forum.” The federal regulatory body will report results of its...
MDS update will expand use of modifications to make changes
By
McKnight's Staff
May 07, 2013
The Minimum Data Set manual will be revised to reflect a new correction policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced.
CMS releases final version of MDS 3.0
Jan 18, 2008
Federal regulators released the final version of the MDS 3.0 on Thursday, a week before they will hold a special, informational Open Door Forum on it.
Overcoding or undercoding incontinence in the MDS 3.0 is a problem that can draw the attention of surveyors, says McKnight’s Super Tuesday speaker Leah Klusch.
MDS draft sends sector, states scrambling to assess effects
By
Joe Bush
Sep 07, 2022
Long-term care facilities, staff and half the states in the US should start preparing immediately for extensive changes to the Minimum Data Set, resident assessment experts said this week.
Helping the assessors
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2017
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...