Test Your Knowledge

Test Your Knowledge Questions:

1) If an Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) is determined to have a new primary diagnosis, does therapy need to re-evaluate the resident or can they continue treatment based on the 5-day diagnosis? 

2) Two consecutive MDSs, each with a data entry error for the same resident were discovered (one in December and the second in March). Both were corrected when the errors were discovered. What is the time frame to submit a correction for a data entry error? 

3) The definition of car transfer is the ability to transfer in and out of a car or van on the passenger side. The care transfer does not include the ability to open/close the door or fasten the seat belt. Does the passenger side mean the front of the car or does it mean as a passenger in the car? If the car transfer was not attempted due to weather constraints or environmental limitations, can the item be coded as 10? Can this item be coded if the family helps with the task, or does it have to be staff? 

4) A resident has a PEG tube and is NPO for nursing. However, there is an order in the speech plan of care that the resident will work only with speech therapy on safe swallowing of a mechanically altered diet. Can this order be included in the MDS Section K for a mechanically altered diet? 

5) A resident on Medicare Part A went out on a leave of absence (LOA) for a temporary home visit on Saturday and returned on Monday. How do we bill this? 

6) The look-back period for J1800 is for falls since admission/entry or reentry or prior assessment (OBRA or scheduled PPS), whichever is more recent. For this look-back, is the Part A PPS Discharge assessment considered a “scheduled PPS” assessment?