The purpose of this Program Instruction is to clearly delineate the practice for PASRR documentation review by ASAP Clinical Assessment Eligability (CAE) staff when approving pre-admission and post admission assessments in NF. This is being presented in order to improve NF compliance with PASRR to prevent inappropriate NF admissions for those indivduals with a diagnosis of mental illness (MI), intellectual disability/mental retardation (ID, intellectual disability is the current preferred terminology) and/or developmental disability (DD). For full detail please click the link below.
Review of Pre-Admission Screen & Record Review – PASRR Requirements prior to Authorization of MAssHealth Pmt. of NF Services