In the latest Minimum Data Set (MDS), effective on Oct. 1, providers will need to pay close attention to definition changes, ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surprised nursing home operators Friday by quietly posting a draft of updated Minimum Data Set specifications. The agency had said earlier this year it ...
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started focused on-site surveys to address the issue of erroneous coding of schizophrenia in nursing homes. More recently, the agency began ...