I have always been setting my 5 day assessment, 14 day assessment, 30 day assessment, 60 day assessment and 90 day assessment on the 5th, 14th, 30th, 60th and 90th day of a patients stay unless they are capable of being graced to other days. I have been setting my schedule up using day 30, 60 and 90 since the initiation of PPS because that is the way I was trained to do it. I recently had it brought to my attention that day 30-34, day 60-64 and day 90-94 are considered grace days. How are other facilities setting up their schedules? Do you use day 29, 59, and 89 for your PPS assessments? I know that if you consistently use grace days it can send a red flag up and may cause a review and I don't want to do that unless the patient would benefit from using the grace days.
Thanks in advance
Diane R. Wierenga RN BSN RAC-C
