tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 14

REHAB: Sound PAI Practices Can Make OIG Happy

Avoid these widespread FIM scoring errors.The word is out that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is looking hard at tardy inpatient rehab facility assessments - and if the OIG's auditors come knocking, they'll want to see documentation to support each tardy assessment.Providers should compare their patient assessment instrument (PAI) practices with this list of common FIM errors provided by consultant Ann Lambert Kremer with Beacon Rehab Solutions in Portland, ME.   Scoring too high on upper body dressing. A patient who suffered a hip fracture should not automatically be scored as independent (7) with...

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