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...
Freshness
- Last posted
- Period covered
- Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.
Columns 16
| Column | What it means | Type |
|---|---|---|
CCNCCN | string | |
Provider NameProvider Name | Facility Name | string |
CityCity | City where facility is located | string |
StateState | State where facility is located | string |
Zip CodeZip Code | Zip code where facility is located | string |
FIPS County CodeFIPS County Code | County FIPS code where facility is located | string |
County NameCounty Name | Name of county where facility is located | string |
Report DateReport Date | Identifies the Calendar Quarter and Year for which the MDS 3.0 Facility-Level Frequency data are reported (e.g., Q3, 2023) | date |
MDS Item Question/DescriptionMDS Item Question/Description | Contains the item ID and section description as displayed on the MDS assessment instrument, followed by the item specific description. Example: A0800: Identification Information - Marital Status | string |
MDS Item ResponseMDS Item Response | Contains the item response that corresponds to the assessment item. Each response for an item is listed on a separate row so that counts and percentages are displayed for each response by facility | string |
Overall PercentOverall Percent | Contains the overall percent of responses for each item, facility, and reporting quarter | number |
Total ResidentsTotal Residents | The number of times each response was answered for an item grouped at the facility level for the reporting quarter | number |
Short-Stay PercentShort-Stay Percent | number | |
Short-Stay ResidentsShort-Stay Residents | number | |
Long-Stay PercentLong-Stay Percent | number | |
Long-Stay ResidentsLong-Stay Residents | number |
No column matches that filter.
At a glance
- Catalog
- data.cms.gov
- Publisher
- Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
- Rows
- 31,403,215
- Columns
- 16
- State column
State- Contact
- NursingHomeData@cms.hhs.gov
API
Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:
https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/d086edc0-4953-4fb9-a663-b35526371add/data?size=10
To keep only one state, filter on the State column.
Versions 11
The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.
- 2026-04-01posted Jul 29, 2026
- 2026-01-01posted Apr 29, 2026
- 2025-10-01posted Jan 28, 2026
- 2025-07-01posted Dec 5, 2025
- 2025-04-01posted Sep 12, 2025
- 2025-01-01posted May 7, 2025
- 2024-12-02posted Apr 2, 2025
- 2024-07-02posted Mar 31, 2025
Show 3 older versions
- 2024-04-02posted Mar 31, 2025
- 2024-01-03posted Mar 31, 2025
- 2023-12-02posted Mar 31, 2025
CMS's description
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.
Methodology and other documents from CMS:
The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id cms:d086edc0-4953-4fb9-a663-b35526371add. This record as JSON.