Resources
February 2019 PASRR Webinar
Topic: PASRR Determination: Written Notices and Evaluation Reports
Speakers: Pam Raby, Senior Vice President and Consultant for Ascend, and Andrea Womack, consultant for the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
If you would like to download this resource, a PDF attachment of this brief is located at the bottom of the page.
The purpose of these office hours is to help states understand the new guidance CMS has developed to enhance and finance Specialized Services.
December 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: The 2018 PTAC National Report: A Review
Speaker: Ed Kako, Director of the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Date: Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern
The enclosed 2018 report (below) is the 7th State Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Policies and Procedures PTAC has produced. The report was prepared by the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), a partnership between IBM Watson Health and Mission Analytics Group, under...
October 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: The Relationship Between PASRR and Other Nursing Home Requirements
Speaker: Frank Tetrick, consultant for the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Date: Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern
Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) requires states to employ or contract with behavioral health care professionals to conduct assessments across a state, which may include assessments for individuals in remote locations, and requirements for assessments to be done within a...
Need for nursing facility (NF) services is defined by individual states, all of whom establish NF level of care (LOC) criteria.
According to CFR 42-§483.102, a PASRR Level I screen must be completed for all applicants to a Medicaid-certified nursing facility, regardless of payer.
The PASRR Final Rule (57 FR 56450) was published in 1992, at which time the term "mental retardation" was still widely used.
There are no federal requirements regarding who must request Level I screens, but CFR 42-§483.102 is clear that all individuals who apply to reside in a Medicaid-cer
For a variety of reasons, including the availability of evaluators, it may not always be possible to perform a complete psychiatric evaluation on an individual before they are admitted to a nursing facility (NF).
There is no federal requirement that a Level II evaluation be completed prior to the individual returning to the nursing facility (NF).
Pre-Admission General Rule. Under 42 CFR §483.102 (a), the PASRR process applies to all Medicaid-certified nursing facility (NF)
September 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: Indiana PASRR Program Improvements - Part II
Speaker: Vanessa Convard, Debbie Pierson and Yonda Snyder
Date: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern
August 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: Indiana PASRR Program Improvements - Part I
Speaker: Vanessa Convard, Debbie Pierson and Yonda Snyder
Date: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern
July 2018 PASRR Webinar
Topic: Telehealth and PASRR: Opportunities for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review
Speaker: Andrea Womack, consultant for the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Date: Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Time: 1 - 2:30 PM Eastern
Per the CFR, at 42 CFR 435.1010, an Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD) is a hospital, nursing facility, or other institution of more than 16 beds that is primar
A Cost Allocation Plan (CAP) is a narrative description of the procedures that a state will use in identifying, measuring, and allocating costs that it incurs in supporting programs it administers or supervises.
According to 42 CFR 483.102(b)(3), an individual has an intellectual disability (previously mental retardation) if he or she has: