CMS’s latest changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) User’s Manual version (v)1.19.1 will be effective beginning October 1, 2024.

• VHCA-VCAL is again offering MDS Basic Workshops with Judy Wilhide Brandt to ensure your MDS coordinators and interdisciplinary team members are up to date on the ins and outs of MDS. Workshops will be held in September and October.

MDS Basic Part I Workshop
September 24-25, 2024

MDS Basic Part II Workshop
October 8-9, 2024

What MDS coordinators need to know: Specifics regarding all of the changes can be found in the included chapter/section change tables at the end of the draft Manual. Changes in the draft RAI Manual include:

• Guidance to support the addition of the following new items:

• • N0415K: Anticonvulsant
  • O0350: Resident’s COVID-19 vaccination is up to date.
• The removal of Discharge Goals in items GG0130: Self-Care and GG0170: Mobility.
• Additional clarifications were added to Chapter 5, Submission and Correction of the MDS Assessments, regarding situations where an erroneous PPS assessment is combined with an OBRA-required assessment (e.g., for a Medicare Advantage stay). In this situation, a Manual Deletion Request is required, followed by the completion and submission of a new stand-alone OBRA MDS assessment.