The RAI manual also doesn't state you can. Another point, I don't know if anyone else's system is the same (I have Keane) but with a modification you do not have the choice to change the ARD, it is not an option.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/11/04 10:15AM >>> I go with the modification. If the ARD was simply a data entry error, i.e., your ARD was 2/5 (this was what the lookback was based upon) and you entered 2/6 in the assessment you can modify the ARD....just be sure you have good documentation to back up the correct ARD. Your reference does not state you cannot modify the ARD....in the original documentation and draft correction policy it actually stated that you could modify the ARD under these circumstances. Another point.....the modification will be accepted when you modify the ARD...so CMS did not consider it an item that could not be modified...example, AA8a and AA8b modification will cause a rejection. Rena, your input please? Cindy Kimpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See pg 5-6 in RAI manual, I believe you are incorrect in changing an ARD with the modification process. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/09/04 08:50PM >>> Yep, If the assessment was done based on the correct ARD, but data entry error occurs, you can modify the ARD. I think reason for assessment is about the only thing you can't modify. HOWEVER, this is based on an appropriately completed assessment with the appropriate ARD that was just entered incorrectly. I actually had an administrator, with little understanding of the process, ask me to "just modify the ARD to make it right", when an assessment had been done with an inappropriate ARD. I refused to do that. HS Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C Clinical Editor, Careplans.com www.careplans.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Situation In a message dated 3/9/2004 2:44:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You do a modification. You can do a modification to change an ARD??? /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster. /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
