Claims-based versus MDS-based Insights

In the post-acute care space, it’s often necessary to distinguish between data sources that appear to measure the same thing, but actually are different.
 

This guide starts with the two commonly referenced data sources for SNF quality measures that have been made publicly available by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Understanding the origin and purpose of the data will give you the necessary context to know what is actually being measured.

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