Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4656 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
CASE MIX REIMBURSEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS
Part 4656.0050 - REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION OF FACILITY AND PREADMISSION SCREENING ASSESSMENTS

Subpart 1. Assessment instructions.

Assessment forms which are completed in accordance with part 9549.0059 must be completed by using the procedures established in the Facility Manual for Completing Case Mix Requests for Classification published by the Minnesota Department of Health. Part IV C. of the July 1987 version of the manual are incorporated by reference. This manual is available at the State Law Library, 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. This material is not subject to frequent change.

Subp. 2. Classification or notification of incomplete assessments.

Within 15 working days of receiving a request for classification submitted under part 9549.0059, the department shall classify the resident into one of the resident classes established under part 9549.0058 or notify the individual completing the assessment or the facility furnishing the documentation of the need to submit additional information necessary for determining the classification.

Subp. 3. Requests requiring additional information.

When additional information requested under subpart 2 has been submitted and the department has determined that the request for classification is complete and accurate, the department shall classify the resident into one of the resident classes established under part 9549.0058 and mail a written notice of the classification to the resident and to the resident's facility within 15 working days.

Subp. 4. Classification notice.

Classification notices provided under this part must include the resident's classification, as well as a statement which informs the resident, the resident's authorized representative, and the facility of the right to review the department's documents supporting the classification and to request a reconsideration of the classification. This notice must also include the address and telephone number of the area nursing home ombudsman.