Conversely, Jan, if you wait and do the comprehensive/admission on the 14 day, you
will get a higher MA CMI, then if your resident stays and converts to MA after their
MedA benefit ends, you have the higher state CMI. The prospective CMI is always
higher as Medicare pays for the projected therapy minutes, and the state only pays
retrospectively.
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