Im interested in all MDS assessment data for a period of 6 months, how should I request the data?
As of September 2001, MDS assessment records are based on the date the nursing facility submitted the assessment, the “submission date.” If you need an assessment based on a specific period of time (e.g, all assessments that given during 6 months) or “target” date range, you may need to request additional months of data depending on your needs. For example, 99% of original assessments, 99% re-entries and 96% of discharges are submitted within 90 days of the target date, however, only 77% of corrected annual/quarterly assessments, 71% of corrected re-entries, and 83% of corrected discharges are submitted within 90 days of the target date. If you’re interested in capturing 90% of corrected assessments allow 6 months from the end of your target date.
