I do weekly submits, but I wait until my 14 day is completed before my 5 day is sent. And I send them together. I can't tell you how many mistakes I have found on the 5 days after heavy research was done on the 14 d.
Claudia >From: Noelle Shough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: starting PPS in April >Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:59:00 -0500 > >Hi Jen, > >I saw your post and contacted the author of the video "Medicare Made Easy," >Kitt Wakeley. Here is his answer for you: > >To answer your series of questions, by timely, there is nothing written in >stone. Of course, the mandate is for assessments to be transmitted within 31 >days of the R2b date. (This is the date that the RN signs off as complete.) > >However, by transmitting all of your assessments every 30 days, this could >result in a very time consuming task of correcting a lot of errors at once. >Thus, most facilities prepare their Medicare assessments according to the >required timeline of day 5, 14, 30, 60 and 90. In turn, they lock down the >assessments based on the dates required. Finally, assessments are >transmitted on a weekly basis. > >This protocol is common and only a recommended system of operations. It is >certainly subject to scrutiny and any fine-tuning where necessary. Daily >transmissions are probably a little much. Weekly submissions seem to keep >everyone in check. > >If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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