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Resident Assessment Protocols

Guidance for a test data file is stored in the standard transmission format as described by the documents in the Downloads section of this site.

Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: September 09, 2013

RAP Pseudo code and a test database of MDS 2.0 assessments with RAPs calculated. The test data file is stored in the standard transmission format as described by the documents in the Downloads section of this site. This is new as of 2/1/96.

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