RT Book, Section
A1 Shamus, Eric
A1 Stern, Debra Feingold
SR Print(0)
ID 55666411
T1 Chapter 8. MDS Purpose and Components
T2 Effective Documentation for Physical Therapy Professionals, 2e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166404-2
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55666411
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  minimum  data  set  (MDS)  is  a  comprehensive  assessment  instrument  designed  to  describe  the  medical  condition,  functional  capacity,  and  treatment  regimen  of  all  persons  residing/staying  in  skilled  nursing  facilities  (SNFs)/nursing  homes  in  the  United  States  for  more  than  14  days.1  The  MDS  and  its  companion  documentation,  the  resident  assessment  instrument  (RAI),  are  mandated  by  the  Social  Security  Act  for  all  persons  receiving  Medicare  and  Medicaid  funding.  Regulations  were  amended  in  the  Omnibus  Budget  Reconciliation  Act  (OBRA)  in  1987  to  include  all  nursing  home  residents.2  The  form  of  the  MDS  in  use  since  the  fall  of  2000  is  version  2.0.  In  the  fall  of  2010,  MDS  version  3.0  was  instituted  along  with  a  new  set  of  resource  utilization  groups  (RUGs)  designed  to  guide  the  prospective  payment  for  the  care  of  Medicare  A  patients  in  SNFs.3