CMS has released the following drafts from some of the MDS item sets for the October 2016 release:

• a draft of the MDS 3.0 Nursing Home Comprehensive (NC) Version 1.14.0;
• a draft of sections A and GG of the MDS 3.0; and
• a draft of the new MDS 3.0 PPS Part A Discharge (End of Stay) (NPE/SPE) Version 1.14.0.

All may be downloaded from the Downloads section at the bottom of the SNF Quality Reporting Program Measures and Technical Information website. They have not been made available on the MDS Technical Information website, yet.