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🚀 MDS Reporting Walkthrough – Updates Live October 1, 2025

We’ve released major updates to MDS reporting in RESTORE-Insights to align with CMS changes effective October 1, 2025. This walkthrough covers what’s new, how to use it, and tips for navigating reports.

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Written by Amanda L. Capone
Updated over a week ago

Highlights at a Glance 🔑

  • Better filtering with a single “Assessment” filter

  • Improved layout for cleaner navigation

  • Smoother printing with flexible PDF options

  • GG function scores are now available for prior, admit, and discharge levels.

  • New Section O question (O0390: Therapy Services) per CMS’s Oct 1 requirements

  • Split tabs: “MDS” tab for streamlined reporting, and new “CMGs” tab for Case Mix Groups


⚠️ Important Points

  • Hidden Filters: Each "liveboard" tab has its own filters (e.g., Census vs. MDS). They hide when you switch tabs.

    • We’re rolling out a fix so you’ll only see the filters relevant to your current tab.

  • Refresh Timing: Please allow up to 1 hour for new or updated assessment data to appear.

🔗 PCC Integration (Update Coming Soon)

We’re updating our PCC integration to include the new O0390: Therapy Services question. Target release: by end of week (Oct 3, 2025).

📊 Department Metrics: MDS Tab Updates

Two New Tabs

  • MDS Tab – Streamlined assessment-based reports

  • CMGs Tab – Case Mix Groups & HIPPS reporting

The New Assessment Filter

At the top of the MDS liveboard, you’ll now see an Assessment filter:
Patient Last Name, First Name (MRN); Assessment Type (Assessment Date aka ARD)

Key differences from before:

  1. Section O data no longer requires a finalized assessment (but billing & CMGs still do).

  2. GG scores are now displayed within MDS assessments (prior, admission, discharge). You can still get GG data without an MDS via the Outcomes tab.

  3. Reports refresh hourly — new assessments or changes may take up to 1 hour to appear.

Section O – 7 Day Lookback

We’ve added the new CMS-required question O0390: Therapy Services, which tracks whether each discipline provided at least 15 minutes of treatment on one or more days in the lookback window.

🌐 Enterprise Portal Updates

  • The “MDS” tab is now renamed CMGs

  • It contains only Case Mix reports:

    • Case Mix Groups & HIPPS

    • Case Mix Group Estimator

  • Section O & GG reports have been removed; they remain at the facility level in the Provider Portal.


🖨️ Printing Instructions

To export reports from the MDS tab:

  1. Click Download PDF (top right of liveboard).

  2. Select:

    • Visualizations

    • Landscape (default)

    • Uncheck Truncate tables and other extra options

    • (Optional) Check the Include filter pages if you want a cover page with patient/assessment details.

  3. Select the reports you wish to (the default selects all — uncheck the ones you don’t need).

  4. Click Download → wait for your PDF (each report appears on its own page).

Tip: Most users only print Section O, Self-Care & Mobility (GGs), and sometimes Dx Codes.


These updates ensure RESTORE-Insights stays compliant with CMS requirements while making your MDS reporting easier, cleaner, and more actionable.

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