Provider Relations

4146.10 - Provider Relations (Rev. 1, 05-21-04) With CMS technical support and guidance, the States must work closely with the provider community and their MDS 2.0 software vendors in providing information on specific requirements related to the submission of MDS assessments to the State MDS system. The standardization of the State MDS system extends back to the provider because a common data communications software package is used by providers to transmit MDS assessments to the State. The CMS expects that a facility’s software vendor will provide primary support to the facility in terms of MDS encoding and transmission to the State repository. The State, however, must work with facilities and software vendors in educating them about this process and in working out some of the initial problems in getting provider data through the vendor software and into the State MDS system. The States must also provide training and technical assistance in interpretation of MDS reports provided to facilities. The State will also fund the monthly telephone line charges associated with transmission of the MDS data from the facilities to the State. SA Analysis Activity