

Subject: iQIES for Minimum Data Set (MDS) Submission Release on April 17, 2023ĬMS is excited to announce that the transition of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment submission and reporting functionality to the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) will occur on April 17, 2023. Subject: MDS Data Specifications 3.00.1 Readme fileĪ readme file has been posted in the Downloads section regarding the impact of the ApIQIES transition on data submissions. Therefore, they will be posted as an addendum at a later date. In the recent MDS vendor call, it was determined that the fixed-length string test files provided in past CAT specification packages are still of use to vendors. Note that many of the CAT triggers are changing as a result of the V3.01.0 MDS Data Specification changes already posted. The specifications currently consist of the PDF documentation files, which describe the logic changes and provide pseudocode.

The MDS 3.0 CAT specifications (V1.06.0) are now available in the Downloads section below. Subject: MDS 3.0 Care Area Trigger (CAT) Specifications V1.06.0 for implementation on October 1, 2023
