Compiling the required monthly Minimum Data Set (MDS) requirement consumes significant staff time with data collection and entry. Often, these efforts duplicate information collected by the pharmacist during the monthly drug regimen review -- meaning most long term care facilities are paying twice for the collection of MDS information.

CSS has developed a way to maximize the monthly MDS requirement.

Data collected during monthly pharmacy consults using MTMPath resides in ChartMasters™, the CSS patient registry. The ChartMaster registry is a specialized database and analysis tool developed by CSS that breaks down chart information into discrete, queriable data elements.

CSS can work with your facility to download MDS elements collected by the vendor pharmacy into the long term care billing system to minimize the amount of staff time expended in the collection of already-existing MDS data.