CMS Releases the Final MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual version 1.19.1

The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) User’s Manual version (v)1.19.1 is now available in the Downloads section on CMS’ MDS 3.0 RAI Manual webpage. It will be effective beginning October 1, 2024.   

Changes in this version of the MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual contains:  

• Guidance for new MDS items, including:
  – N0415K: Anticonvulsant and 
  –O0350: Resident’s COVID-19 vaccination is up to date.   

• The Discharge Goals column in Section GG (items GG0130: Self-Care and GG0170: Mobility) has been removed. The guidance and examples in Section GG have been revised to reflect the change.   
• Expanded guidance has been added regarding Manual Assessment Correction/Deletion Requests in Chapter 3, Section X, and Chapter 5 regarding situations where an erroneous PPS assessment is combined with an OBRA-required assessment (e.g., for a Medicare Advantage stay). 

Specifics about all the changes are included in the chapter/section change tables at the end of the draft Manual.  

Questions regarding the RAI Manual v1.19.1 may be sent to regulatory@ahca.org.     

Source: AHCA/NCAL