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.
Click here to access the Maine MDS Submission Mangement Sytems (SMS) for validation reports.
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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
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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.
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Link to MDS 3.0 Item Subset (10/01/2015)
