CMS Pub. 100-11, ch. 8, § 20.5

When a PACE organization enrolls three or more new PACE participants in one month,

the organization may conduct the initial comprehensive assessment for the new PACE

participants over a four-week (i.e., twenty business days) time period in which the IDT

identifies and prioritizes the assessments by highest acuity of care (i.e., sickest first).

If essential members of the IDT or other identified healthcare experts required to

complete the initial comprehensive assessment are not available to conduct the

assessment in the established time frame, the remaining IDT members should develop the

care plan and revise it as soon as the missing required initial health assessment is

completed, and document in the progress notes the reason for delay of care plan

development. Following completion of the assessments for an individual participant, the

IDT will promptly consolidate the discipline-specific results into a single plan of care.