Updated with July, 2010 changes!
Elder Guru is offering the Minimum Data Sets (MDS) 3.0 Coding Manual for sale to assist clinical assessors, MDS coordinators, long-term care administrators, and others. The MDS 3.0 will be the successor to the MDS 2.0 and it will take effect in October 2010. The coding manual Elder Guru is offering represents Chapter 3 of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual, but with large, easy-to-read print and improved pagination for faster reference. The manual contains 400 pages of step-by-step instructions for completing the MDS 3.0.
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The MDS is a federally required, standardized clinical assessment form used for all residents in a Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facility regardless of their payment source. The form is intended to develop a comprehensive look at each resident’s functional abilities and health problems for the purpose of developing a comprehensive care plan for the resident. The MDS is typically completed by a registered nurse in consultation with others as part of the larger Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI).
The information within the MDS is submitted by nursing facilities to the state in which they operate, which then goes to the federal database at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The data is used to help determine a facility’s quality indicators and quality measurement reports, which are then made available to the public for view.
The MDS 2.0 was criticized because it failed to account for information derived from resident interviews, and concerns were raised about the form’s data quality and validity. The MDS 3.0 was developed to address these concerns, improve reliability and usefulness.
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