If the assessment was truly completed using day 5 as the ARD you can only modify the therapy minutes to fit the actual ARD of day 5.
If the ARD is a data entry error AND the therapy minutes are also incorrect you can modify both with one modification.
Page 1-8 of the Correction Policy manual states: Number of items changed with a modification request. There is no limit to the number of items that can be changed in one assessment or tracking form record with a single modification request.
In fact we ask our facilities if they do find an error requiring modification to check the assessment carefully to see if there are any other errors and correct them at the same time. Otherwise when any other errors are discovered we have to modify the modification.
"Felix, Rosalie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Gang,
I have a question re: modification of assessment. We have a patient that we did a 5 day last month, only to find out a month after that the ARD and the minutes were wrong. Our fill-in MDS person did the assessment on exact 5 day and our rehab person gave her minutes based on 8th day( she used the 3 day grace). Now my question is can I do a modification not just on minutes but also the ARD? Can I change the ARD date?
Ma. Rosalie Felix, R.N.
Director Of Nursing
The Terraces of Los Gatos
408-356-1006 ext.105
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