Basalt · Intake to PDPM capture
Basalt · demonstration

From the intake packet to PDPM capture

One synthetic skilled-nursing admission. Basalt reads the documentation that arrives at intake and surfaces the elements that set the PDPM rate, each one tied back to the line of record it came from.

Synthetic patient · 78F, post-acute admission following hip fracture repair · source: hospital discharge summary
Intake packet

MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL — DISCHARGE SUMMARY

78-year-old female admitted after a mechanical fall with right hip pain. Underwent open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the right femoral neck on hospital day 1, tolerated well.

Past medical history: insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, morbid obesity, BMI 41, osteoarthritis.

Hospital course: On postoperative day 3 the surgical site developed purulent drainage. Wound cultures returned positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The patient was started on IV vancomycin, to be continued at the receiving facility for a planned 10-day course.

Nutrition: Speech therapy noted intermittent coughing with thin liquids; swallow study showed mild oropharyngeal dysphagia, placed on a mechanically altered (pureed) diet with nectar-thick liquids.

Functional status: requires substantial assistance for bed mobility and transfers; unable to ambulate without two-person assist at discharge.

Disposition: Skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation and IV antibiotic completion.

What Basalt surfaces
IV medication — vancomycin
NTA comorbidity, continuing at facility
source ↗
+5
Diabetes mellitus
NTA comorbidity
source ↗
+2
Surgical wound infection
NTA comorbidity
source ↗
+2
Multidrug-resistant organism — MRSA
NTA comorbidity
source ↗
+2
Morbid obesity
NTA comorbidity
source ↗
+1
Primary diagnosis mapping
Femoral neck fracture, s/p ORIF → PT/OT category: Orthopedic Surgery
source ↗
PT / OT
Dysphagia and altered diet
Drives the SLP component
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SLP
Functional dependency
Section GG input for PT/OT and nursing
source ↗
GG
NTA component impact
NTA points
12
Case-mix group
NA
NTA rate
$312/day
Points to group · 12+ NA · 9–11 NB · 6–8 NC · 3–5 ND · 1–2 NE · 0 NF
Length of stay · 25 days
NTA captured vs. baseline · this stay
+$6,815
Illustrative figures. NTA base rate set at $96/day, standard PDPM NTA case-mix indices, days 1–3 paid at the 3× front-loaded rate. Baseline assumes only diabetes is carried onto the MDS (2 points, group NE). Every point recomputes from a documented item, so the number reflects completeness rather than maximization.
Synthetic data · illustrative figures · prepared for discussion