Mds 3.0

Updates will be posted here http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NursingHomeQualityInits/25_NHQIMDS30.asp#TopOfPage

Scroll down to downloads - the timeline depicts the implementation dates & the proposed MDS 3.0 is in the final report.

This may be a crazy question, but I'm still new to the MDS process (5 mths in) and was wondering - when the new version comes out finally, will there also be a place to obtain new forms to help with 'tracking' the new information that they add??

Thanks for any input. Tara

Plus..(Hopefully) Your individual software will be updated and continue to track as it now does.

I was actually meaning the 'tracking' papers that, for instance, the CNA's complete on each resident, which tells me how the resident performs their ADL's.

You, or other "helpers" will need to devise new ADL tracking tools, as the ADL definitions are somewhat changed--they are actually much clearer.

Am sure there will be many MANY suggested tools as we get nearer to MDS 3.0 actual implementation, with a FINAL FINAL tool and final data specifications.

:smokin:We also will look forward to a 5 day lookback for the one most dependent episode, not 7 days for 3 "most dependent" examples.