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CMS Posts Draft MDS 3.0 RAI Manual Version SNF Transition to iQIES Starting Soon

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the draft Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS 3.0) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) User’s Manual Version 1.18.11. The MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual v1.18.11 will take effect on October 1, 2023. CMS notes that this version of the RAI contains "substantial revisions related to the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), which requires that standardized assessment items be collected across post-acute care (PAC) settings." 

REMINDER
CMS has announced that the MDS assessment submission and reporting functionality will transition from QIES to iQIES on April 17, 2023. To properly prepare for the transition, the QIES Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system for MDS submissions will be turned off on Thursday, April 13 at 8:00 pm EST. Providers should submit completed MDS records before 8:00 pm EST on April 13th to QIES (ASAP) or wait until 8:00 am EST on April 17th to submit data in iQIES.

Source: www.cms.gov

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