Year: 2017
Resolution Number: 38
Action Taken: Approved
Status: Complete
Author(s): Jayne Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to improve the Level I (DCH-3877) and Level II (DCH-3878)Preadmission Screening/Annual Resident Review forms to add other exemptions that provide adequate protection for patients with mental illness and intellectual disabilities while limiting the need to complete the more in-depth Level II screening form unless the screening is reasonably indicated; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to consider allowing the completion of Level II Preadmission Screening/Annual Resident Review forms (DCH-3878) within 96 hours of admission to a skilled nursing facility so that the timely transfer of a patient for skilled nursing and/or rehabilitation services may occur; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with the US Department of Health and Human Services to update the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 to revise the mandate for nursing facility preadmission screening/annual resident review to provide more consistent enactment among states and to allow more reasonable and more cost-effective approaches to this mandatory screening process.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to improve the Level I (DCH-3877) and Level II (DCH-3878)Preadmission Screening/Annual Resident Review forms to add other exemptions that provide adequate protection for patients with mental illness and intellectual disabilities while limiting the need to complete the more in-depth Level II screening form unless the screening is reasonably indicated; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to consider allowing the completion of Level II Preadmission Screening/Annual Resident Review forms (DCH-3878) within 96 hours of admission to a skilled nursing facility so that the timely transfer of a patient for skilled nursing and/or rehabilitation services may occur; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with the US Department of Health and Human Services to update the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 to revise the mandate for nursing facility preadmission screening/annual resident review to provide more consistent enactment among states and to allow more reasonable and more cost-effective approaches to this mandatory screening process.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Exemptions for Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions
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