Consultants have told us to separate them in the past; however, the repository uses the last OBRA assessment in the CMI period so I combine them. They look at the payor on the last day of the Census period.
An auditor is not the final decision maker. I would wait for the final results of the Audit and then Appeal it should her decision stand. . Hopefully you saved the started OBRA assessments that you were unable to complete due to the resident's medica...
mdsNurse2016 replied to lonnieandangela's topic in MDS
There's no changing the rules of the RAI, so where you need to look is at the ADL documentation. We all know that there is ALWAYS inaccuracies with ADL coding. When I see coding that doesn't seem right I head straight to the direct caregivers. I ask ...
