What are the ramifications of having a late completion date for an assessment?
MDS 3.0 Update, May 30, 2011
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Q: The ARD on a recent assessment was appropriate, but the completion date was late by 2 days (this was inadvertently entered in wrong). After the assessment was transmitted, it came back with warning that the completion date was more than 14 days after the ARD. Does this affect billing and/or reimbursement? What other ramifications may this have?
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