(1) When a resident:
(a) Dies before the facility completes the resident's initial assessment, the department must assign the assessment to the special care case mix group - SSB. The department must use the case mix weight assigned to the special care case mix group - SSB;
(b) Is discharged to an acute care facility before the nursing facility completes the resident's initial assessment, the department must assign the assessment to the special care case mix group - SSB. The department must use the case mix weight assigned to the special care case mix group - SSB; or
(c) Is discharged for a reason other than those noted above before the facility completes the resident's initial assessment, the department must assign the assessment to the case mix group BC1 with a case mix weight of 1.000.
(2) If the resident assessment is untimely as defined in RCW
74.46.501 and as defined by federal regulations, then the department must assign the case to the default case mix group of BC1 which has a case mix weight of 1.000.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.46 RCW as amended by 1998 c 322 §§ 22, 24 and 25 and RCW 74.46.800. 98-20-023, § 388-96-738, filed 9/25/98, effective 10/1/98.]