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MDS Consultants makes your team more proficient in skilled MDS documentation, ICD-10 coding, Interim Payment Assessments, Medicare regulations, reimbursement maximization and PDPM.

Meet your RAC-CT Master Teacher, Jessica Stucin!Jessica will lead participants through four days of virtual instruction ...
10/15/2026

Meet your RAC-CT Master Teacher, Jessica Stucin!

Jessica will lead participants through four days of virtual instruction designed to strengthen their understanding of resident assessment, MDS completion, care planning, quality measures, and PDPM.

The AAPACN RAC-CTยฎ Certification Workshop will be held virtually November 10โ€“13, 2026. Registration includes 22.5 continuing education hours and access to all 10 certification exams.

Register here: https://cstu.io/d21b81



Cancellation Policy: The Parties are not responsible for any fees incurred due to cancellations or postponements. Participant cancellations must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected]. Participants who are unable to attend may send a substitute in their place. Cancellations received more than thirty (30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations received fourteen to thirty (14โ€“30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund, minus a two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar ($250.00) processing fee, of which two-hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) is paid to Training Partner and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is paid to Association. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received thirteen (13) business days or less prior to the start date of the Training Workshop except for emergencies or a visit from state surveyors. State surveyors must be present in the participantโ€™s building in order for the participant to receive a refund. Neither party shall issue a refund for any participantโ€™s withdrawal due to weather unless the Training Workshop is cancelled.

The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Overview of Data Elements Used for Reporting Assessme...
10/09/2026

The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Overview of Data Elements Used for Reporting Assessment-Based Quality Measures and Standardized Patient Assessment Data Elements Affecting Fiscal Year (FY) 2029 Annual Payment Update (APU) Determination table has been updated to reflect the data elements that will be required to meet the APU for the FY 2029 SNF QRP.
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Transmittal 13971: ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜๐—ฆ: The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to require the Medicare Administrative...
10/08/2026

Transmittal 13971: ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜๐—ฆ: The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to require the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to post Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) results on their websites in an effort to keep the provider and supplier communities informed of issues and trends. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2026 *Unless otherwise specified, the effective date is the date of service. ๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜: ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
"Targeted Probe and Educate Quarterly Web Posting Each quarter"
๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜—๐˜Œ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.
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Medicare audits don't start when the records are requested. Is your facility prepared?Join us on October 27 for Part 2 o...
10/08/2026

Medicare audits don't start when the records are requested. Is your facility prepared?

Join us on October 27 for Part 2 of What's in a Name? Understanding the Basic Types of Medicare Audits.

We'll take a closer look at common documentation deficiencies, Medicare coverage, PDPM coding, MDS accuracy, and strategies to strengthen audit preparedness.

๐Ÿ“… October 27, 2026

๐Ÿ”— Register here: https://cstu.io/bdf054/

The draft MDS Data Specifications V3.11.0 are now available for download under the Downloads section at the bottom of th...
10/08/2026

The draft MDS Data Specifications V3.11.0 are now available for download under the Downloads section at the bottom of this webpage. This version will be implemented in production on October 1, 2027. Please note the new response value 12 for GG0130 and GG0170 items at the discharge and OBRA/Interim time points. Also, note the new skip pattern in GG0170 and the removal of item O0350. As always, please check the item and edit change reports for additional details. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜› ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜๐˜•๐˜ˆ๐˜“ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.
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Correction to the FY 2027 SNF Final Rule to the SNF wage index file correcting technical and typographical errors in the...
10/07/2026

Correction to the FY 2027 SNF Final Rule to the SNF wage index file correcting technical and typographical errors in the preamble, and tables referenced in the FY 2027 SNF final rule. This final rule correction is intended solely to ensure that the FY 2027 SNF PPS final rule accurately reflects these payment methodologies and policies.
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The MDS, documentation, and care plan should tell the same story.When they do not align, facilities may face risk relate...
10/05/2026

The MDS, documentation, and care plan should tell the same story.

When they do not align, facilities may face risk related to reimbursement, quality measures, survey readiness, and resident-centered care.

Strong processes help teams catch concerns before they become bigger issues.

Itโ€™s time to recognize the people behind the MDS. ๐ŸงฉBehind every accurate assessment, successful survey and strong interd...
10/02/2026

Itโ€™s time to recognize the people behind the MDS. ๐Ÿงฉ

Behind every accurate assessment, successful survey and strong interdisciplinary team are professionals helping to keep the pieces together.

MDS Consultants is excited to launch The Faces of MDS Leadership 2027, recognizing MDS professionals and nursing leaders across the country who bring knowledge, leadership and commitment to their teams every day.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚!

Share your experience and leadership insight for an opportunity to become part of The Faces of MDS Leadership 2027.

Four participants will also be selected for a special quarterly feature in our 2027 MDS Leadership Recognition Calendar, with additional opportunities to share their voices and insights throughout the year.

๐Ÿ“… Submissions are open through November 30, 2026.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://cstu.io/df25da/

๐Ÿ“ข๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† (๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—™) ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (๐—›๐—”๐—œ) ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ...
10/02/2026

๐Ÿ“ข๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† (๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—™) ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (๐—›๐—”๐—œ) ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.
The report presents the technical specifications for the refined SNF HAI measure, including ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š (๐™ˆ๐˜ผ) ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™š-๐™›๐™ค๐™ง-๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š (๐™๐™๐™Ž) ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ.
The report describes the measure overview and rationale, data sources, SNF stay construction and inclusion and exclusion criteria, denominator and numerator specifications, risk adjustment methodology, measure calculation algorithm, measure results, and measure testing findings. Additional updates related to the public reporting timeline for the refined measure will be provided at a future date.
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Strong MDS knowledge supports more than accurate coding. It also supports care planning, reimbursement, compliance, qual...
10/01/2026

Strong MDS knowledge supports more than accurate coding. It also supports care planning, reimbursement, compliance, quality outcomes, and better resident care.

The virtual AAPACN RAC-CTยฎ Certification Workshop covers the key areas MDS professionals need to understand, including:
โ€ข MDS coding for OBRA and PPS
โ€ข OBRA timing and scheduling
โ€ข Care Area Assessments
โ€ข Care planning
โ€ข Medicare Part A
โ€ข ICD-10-CM coding
โ€ข Five-Star and Quality Measures
โ€ข Managing PDPM in the SNF

Join us November 10โ€“13, 2026, and take the next step toward earning your RAC-CT credential.
Register here: https://cstu.io/f3f2aa/



Cancellation Policy: The Parties are not responsible for any fees incurred due to cancellations or postponements. Participant cancellations must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected]. Participants who are unable to attend may send a substitute in their place. Cancellations received more than thirty (30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations received fourteen to thirty (14โ€“30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund, minus a two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar ($250.00) processing fee, of which two-hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) is paid to Training Partner and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is paid to Association. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received thirteen (13) business days or less prior to the start date of the Training Workshop except for emergencies or a visit from state surveyors. State surveyors must be present in the participantโ€™s building in order for the participant to receive a refund. Neither party shall issue a refund for any participantโ€™s withdrawal due to weather unless the Training Workshop is cancelled.

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