What we’re reading: A recent article in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News outlines four MDS coding mistakes that may draw greater attention from CMS. These insights and ways to tackle them were provided by Alicia Cantinieri, managing director of clinical reimbursement and regulatory compliance for Zimmet Healthcare Services Group.

Patterns on CMS’s radar: Cantinieri highlighted the following patterns that may draw a closer look by CMS:

1. Relying on the same diagnoses
2. Too many 100-day stays
3. Frequent use of rare diagnoses
4. Unusual capture patterns

Go deeper: Read the full article: 4 MDS mistakes that land nursing homes on the CMS ‘radar’ (mcknights.com, May 6, 2026)