Resources
May 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: State Level MDS Fact Sheets
Speaker: Ed Kako, Director of the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Date: Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern
State leads include employees in the state Medicaid office, the state intellectual disability authority, and the state mental health authority that are involved with the state's PASRR program. The contact information for the PASRR state leads (below) was last updated on April 23, 2018.
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at §483.130(d) provides examples of categories for which the State mental health or intellectual disability authority may make
The Final Rule was published in November 2016 (80 FR 42168).
42 CFR 483.130(h) provides that the State intellectual disability authority may make categorical determinations that individuals with dementia, whi
A swing bed is a bed that changes (or "swings") between providing hospital services and providing Medicare or Medicaid nursing facility services.
Regardless of their known diagnoses, all individuals applying to a Medicaid-certified nursing facility (NF) must undergo a Level I screen to determine if the individual possibly has a condition meeting PASRR’s definition of mental illness, intellectual disability or a related condition. A person...
April 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: Discharge Planning and Transitions into the Community
Speaker: Frank L. Tetrick, consultant for the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Date: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2PM Eastern
The CFR does not specify how quickly Level I's must be completed, and with good reason: There is no baseline against which to establish timing requirements.
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is clear at §483.102 that PASRR is required for all individuals who apply to or reside in a Medicaid-licensed nursing facility
Nursing facility (NF) refers to long-term care facility certified by the state survey agency (SSA) to provide services to Medicaid recipients. NFs typically provide long-term care, though they can also provide rehabilitative care to Medicaid beneficiaries following hospital discharge.
All individuals applying to a Medicaid-certified nursing facility (NF) must be screened for both mental illness and intellectual disability.
Originally, Resident Reviews—Level II post-admission evaluations—had to be conducted annually; hence, the original name of the program was Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review, or PASARR, which is the title that is still in the rule.
March 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: PASRR 101
Speaker: Dr. Ed Kako, director of the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Date: Wednesday, February 13th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30PM Eastern
While MDS captures information about a person (medical, functional, cognitive, and social) at a moment in time, it does not evaluate individuals for the presence of disabilities defined for the purposes of PASRR.
In order to be eligible for federal financial participation (FFP), Specialized Services must be included in the State Plan.
To understand what PASRR activities cannot be claimed at the 75% Federal Financial Participation (FFP) match, one must first be clear on what activities are eligible for FFP.
Federal regulations give states the authority to claim FFP for administrative activates associated with the PASRR program included in their State Plan at Part §433.15(a)(9) of the CFR.
No, a nursing facility cannot perform a Level II pre-admission evaluation or resident review. 42 CFR §483.106(e)(iii) prohibits nursing facilities (or any entity th
According to §1903(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act and 42 CFR 433.15(b)(9), activities th