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CMS releases draft MDS 2.0 and 3.0 Comparison Crosswalk

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, August 21, 2008

CMS released the draft MDS 3.0 versus MDS 2.0 Comparison Crosswalk. According to CMS and as stated in the crosswalk, "This draft crosswalk provides information to assist in the transition to the MDS 3.0. This crosswalk is a draft and does not contain the final list of MDS 3.0 items. Ongoing research and analysis could result in items being deleted or revised or in the addition of new items. The final list of MDS 3.0 items will be available by March, 2009. This crosswalk introduces the new MDS 3.0 item numbering scheme, identifies the differences between potential 3.0 items and 2.0 items, as well as identifying applications that utilized the specific MDS 2.0 items. To assist in the review of the crosswalk, columns are identified below along with a brief description of each column and the draft MDS 3.0 dropped items list." The cross walk is available at http://www.hcpro.com/content/217214.cfm?s

CMS also released the list of MDS 2.0 items not included on the MDS 3.0 versus MDS 2.0 Comparison Crosswalk. This list can be accessed at http://www.hcpro.com/content/217215.cfm?s

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