Facility-Level Minimum Data Set Frequency

The Facility-Level Minimum Data Set (MDS) Frequency dataset provides information for active nursing home residents on topics, such as race/ethnicity, age, or marital status; discharge dispositions; hearing, speech, and vision; cognitive patterns; mood; functional abilities and goals; bladder and bowel; active diagnoses; health conditions; swallowing/nutritional status; oral/dental status; skin conditions; medications; special treatments, procedures, and programs; restraints and alarms; and participation in assessment and goal setting.

Note: The MDS dataset contains more records than most spreadsheet programs can handle. The use of a database or statistical software is generally required. The dataset can be filtered to a more manageable size for use in a spreadsheet program by clicking on the “View Data” button. Additional filter information can be found in the methodology, if needed.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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dataQuality true
describedBy https://data.cms.gov/resources/facility-level-minimum-data-set-frequency-data-dictionary
identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/d086edc0-4953-4fb9-a663-b35526371add/data-viewer
issued 2024-08-01
landingPage https://data.cms.gov/quality-of-care/facility-level-minimum-data-set-frequency
language {en-US}
license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2025-09-12
programCode {009:000}
publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
references {https://data.cms.gov/resources/facility-level-minimum-data-set-frequency-methodology}
resource-type Dataset
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temporal 2023-10-01/2025-06-30
theme {Medicare}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • hospitals-facilities
  • medicare
  • skilled-nursing
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer NH Facility - CCSQ
maintainer_email NursingHomeData@cms.hhs.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T17:59:55.885397
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T17:59:55.885404
notes The Facility-Level Minimum Data Set (MDS) Frequency dataset provides information for active nursing home residents on topics, such as race/ethnicity, age, or marital status; discharge dispositions; hearing, speech, and vision; cognitive patterns; mood; functional abilities and goals; bladder and bowel; active diagnoses; health conditions; swallowing/nutritional status; oral/dental status; skin conditions; medications; special treatments, procedures, and programs; restraints and alarms; and participation in assessment and goal setting.   Note: The MDS dataset contains more records than most spreadsheet programs can handle. The use of a database or statistical software is generally required. The dataset can be filtered to a more manageable size for use in a spreadsheet program by clicking on the “View Data” button. Additional filter information can be found in the methodology, if needed.
num_resources 15
num_tags 11
title Facility-Level Minimum Data Set Frequency