DLC Information
- Alerts
- Hotline Numbers
- Health Care Oversight
- Community Services Programs
- Customer Support
- Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA Registry)
- Medical Facilities Unit
- Maine Medical use of Marijuana
- Minimum Data Set (MDS)
- Rural Health and Primary Care
- Sentinel Event Program
Other DLC Links
Licensing and Certification
State House Station #11
41 Anthony Avenue
Augusta Maine 04333
Telephone:
1-800-791-4080 or
(207)287-9300
TDD Number:
Maine relay 711
Section S: State of Maine Specific Items / Special Projects
Section S Intent:
Maine uses Section S to document location of the resident’s last community address. This link will take you to Maine's Section S Manual.
>Access the Maine MDS Submission Mangement Sytems (SMS) for validation reports.
Select the topic to view or close the training information.
RAI Manual for MDS 3.0
SECTION S IS RESERVED FOR ADDITIONAL STATE-DEFINED ITEMS. THERE IS NO SECTION S IN THE FEDERAL MDS VERSION 3.0 ITEM SET. YOUR STATE MAY CHOOSE TO DESIGNATE A SECTION S. (CMS Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual, Chapter 3) The following link will bring you to Section S: State of Maine Specific Items.
MDS 3.0 Forms (Resident Assessment & Care Screening All Item Listing)
This link will bring you to Section S: State of Maine Specific Items.
MDS 3.0 Coding Training Section
Instructor Guides
Presentation Slides
Supplemental Training Handouts
Training Videos
For more training videos, this link will take you to a list of MDS 3.0 videos on YouTube; it is filtered by date. Beginning at the top, you can view the most videos that have been uploaded on the subject of MDS 3.0. Please note that several of the videos have been uploaded by CMSHHSGOV. While there are many videos on this YouTube channel, the videos posted by CMS would be most recommended by the State of Maine as this is the primary source of guidance on the MDS 3.0 from CMS.
Some things, such as interview techniques have not changed since the implementation of MDS 3.0 in 2011, other sections may not have current information.
CAAs and CATs
Case Mix
Long Term Care facilities receive reimbursement through two government programs: Medicare and MaineCare. Both programs reimburse Long Term Care facilities based on measures of the intensity of care and services required for each resident. Case Mix refers to the aggregate level of services and care needed by all the residents of a Long Term Care facility.
Medicare reimbursement is based on a category-based classification system called Resource Utilization Group IV (RUG-IV). Certain responses on the MDS 3.0 determine assignment of a resident to a RUG-IV group. Medicare reimbursement guidelines are the same all across the country.
Medicaid reimbursement rules and guidelines differ from state to state. Currently Maine's Medicaid program (called MaineCare) uses a Case Mix system that differs from the Medicare system.
CMS does not require the completion of C0600 and C0700. However, the State of Maine does require these items to be completed in order to calculate Case Mix payment.
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Link to MDS 3.0 Item Subset (10/01/2018)
