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MDS 3.0 Validation Utility

11 August 2015
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MDS 3.0 Validation Utility Tool Version 1.8.0 Now Available

CMS has released version 1.8.0 of the MDS 3.0 VUT, which is a software utility that can be used by MDS software developers to validate MDS 3.0 submission files in XML format. The tool enforces the edits that are mapped to the MDS 3.0 items, as published in the MDS 3.0 specifications. The current release now supports version 1.15.0 of the MDS 3.0 Data Specifications, while continuing to support prior versions for older assessments. In addition, a new command-line parameter, NOSETUP, was added to allow users of listener mode to bypass the VUT UI screen (using the parameters established in VUT.XML).

Please note that there are a few edits that the VUT cannot support, because they are edits against existing Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system data. Since the VUT does not interface with ASAP, it cannot confirm those edits. The VUT also does not currently interface with the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) III and IV DLLs and cannot recalculate and confirm that RUG values are correct.

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Drafts of the October 2016 CMS Release

24 June 2015
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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.

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ADL-Optima Rehab Interface for MDS Rehab Minutes and Notes

6 November 2014
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In addition to importing the Progress Notes from Optima Rehab, facilities can import and auto-populate the MDS Rehabilitation Minutes directly into the MDS Assessments. Certification testing has been completed for the Optima Rehab MDS Rehab minutes import functions. Importing the Rehab saves time by accurately calculating the minutes from the Rehab Treatment Sheets stored on the Optima Rehab.

The import function is available in the ADL-EMR user interface and supports both Rehabilitation Vendors and In-house Rehabilitation departments.

Several integration projects are nearing completion to enable access to data from their Contracted Service providers. This is part of ADL’s ongoing commitment to provide seamless integrations between ADL Data’s EMR/EHR solutions and major software used by Vendor Service Providers.

Contact Ulysses Fleming (914-591-1800) for information on enabling these features.

 
 
 
 
 

ADL Nurses Receive MDS 3.0 AANAC Certification

4 November 2014
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ADL is proud to announce that our Clinical Support Staff Nurses have successfully completed and passed their MDS 3.0 AANAC certification courses. The knowledge they have gained will be invaluable to helping you, our clients, through this transition to MDS 3.0. Kudos and congratulations to them!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MDS 3.0 Released to Beta Testing

4 November 2014
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MDS 3.0 has been released to several clients for Beta testing. The interfaces and Auto-Fill functions are currently being developed for Pharmacy Prescriptions (Orders), Rehabilitation Treatments, Assessments and CNA-Touch, to be released in the next two weeks.

The MDS 3.0 application continues to support the older MDS 2.0 history records and they can be viewed by the MDS 3.0 application. Thus there will continue to be a continuous record of the patient’s MDS assessments.

Web Seminars will be scheduled to introduce the application.

 
 
 
 
 

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