The Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment is a federally-mandated process used to evaluate patients in Medicaid- and Medicare-certified nursing homes. Assessments are conducted by trained nursing home ...
The federal government requires long-term nursing homes report on the health of their residents. An MDS coordinator collects this information using a standardized measure known as the minimum data set ...
It’s been widely billed as the biggest change to the Minimum Data Set in more than a decade, and on Sunday, version 1.18.11 of the MDS 3.0 finally kicks in. But potential trouble spots already exist ...