Regulations require nursing homes to initially and periodically conduct a comprehensive, accurate, standardized, reproducible assessment of each resident's functional capacity.

Perhaps the largest operational change in nursing homes since the beginning of the prospective payment system is taking place today. Implementation of MDS 3.0, a resident assessment tool, takes ...

MDS 3.0, the updated resident assessment tool, officially takes effect today. So how exactly will this much-ballyhooed system change the way you, skilled nursing providers, operate?

The MDS, a mandatory, standardized, comprehensive clinical assessment of SNF residents, was first implemented more than 30 years ago.

The partnership will enable long-term care providers to improve MDS assessment execution and accuracy despite challenges from the recent rise in staff attrition.

In addressing challenges that lead to costly coding mistakes in the Minimum Data Set (MDS), nursing home providers are not only amping up their use of ...