Can Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) requirements be waived during an emergency?
PASRR requirements cannot be waived or suspended in an emergency unless the state receives authority to do so under an 1135 waiver. Under...
Mar 19, 2020
Out-of-State Preadmission screening and resident review (PASRR) Arrangements: Questions & Answers
Adults or children who have been identified as having a PASRR disability sometimes move from a nursing facility (NF) in one state to a NF...
Jan 9, 2019
Why does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services preadmission screening and resident review technical assistance center (CMS PTAC) website make reference to "mental retardation”?
The PASRR Final Rule (57 FR 56450) was published in 1992, at which time the term "mental retardation" was still widely used. In the time...
Jun 30, 2018
Does Preadmission screening and resident review (PASRR) apply to hospice?
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 42 CFR 483.130(d) provides examples of categories for which the State mental health or...
Apr 9, 2018