MDS 3.0 Is Still On Track!

It's been a few years in the making and it'll be another year before it's completely rolled out - but MDS 3.0 is right on track. At the AANAC Fall Education Forum, held in Baltimore on October 22 and 23, Mary Pratt, MSN, RN, Peggy Williams, SW, MS and Sheila Lambowitz, MBA led a session titled "CMS Updates." They told attendees that MDS 3.0 continues to meet its benchmark dates and that that CMS expect to release an updated RAI manual by October 31, 2009.

To view CMS's MDS 3.0 implementation timeline, click here.