March 11, 2017

The enclosed 2016 report (below) updates the 2015 Review of State Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Policies and Procedures. The report was prepared by the PASRR Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), under contract to CMS.

The results of this review presents a snapshot of PASRR programs as of September 2016, with focus on our analysis of MDS data, and on our (new) analysis of data that states collect for quality monitoring and quality improvement (QM/QI).