Just an FYI – Per a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Post-Acute Quality Reporting Programs update, draft MDS information for October 2025 is now available for download:
The draft Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.20.1 and Item Matrix are now available in the Downloads section on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual page. The MDS Item Sets v1.20.1 will be effective beginning October 1, 2025.