Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2022B
| Name: | Placement Type |
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| Collected For: |
All Records |
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| Definition: | An employee placed by a firm to meet a customer need for temporary staff.
Clinical placements include placements filled by allied health professionals, nursing professionals, and licensed independent practitioners (LIPs). |
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| Question: | What type of staff placement was requested by the customer? |
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| Format: |
| Length: | 1 |
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| Type: | Alphanumeric |
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| Occurs: | 1 |
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| Allowable Values: |
1 Clinical
2 Non-clinical
3 International
4 Not documented, OR Unable to determine (UTD)
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| Notes for Abstraction: |
- Count disciplines identified in the inclusion list for abstraction as a clinical placement. If the placement was for a discipline in the inclusion list, select ‘1’.
- Clinical placements who work one or more per diem hours during the reporting month, select ‘1’.
- If a clinical staff member was paid during the reporting month, select ‘1’.
- On-call clinical staff who are called-in to work in a clinical role, select ‘1’.
- Clinical placements who do not actually work any hours during the reporting period, select ‘4’.
EXAMPLE:
- Nurse A is on the roster for the reporting month, but did not actually work any hours on assignment during the reporting month, select ‘4’.
- On-call clinical staff who receive call pay but do not actually work any hours on assignment, select ‘4’.
- Office staff (FTE/part-time) employed at the site are considered non-clinical, select ‘2’.
- If the site is a Recruitment Only site and does not place clinical staff, select ‘2’.
- If the placement is located in a country outside the United States or a non-U.S. territory, select ‘3’.
- Placement in facilities operated by the U.S. government under a charter of the U.S. Congress (e.g. Department of Defense (DOD) hospitals) are not considered international, select ‘1’, ‘2’, or ‘4’.
- Placement in facilities located in a territory of the United States, (e.g., Puerto Rico) are not considered international, select ‘1’, ‘2’, or ‘4’.
- Independent Contractors not included in the scope of the certification review as indicated by the firm in the certification application (e-app), select ‘4’.
- If the type of placement was not documented or ‘UTD’, select ‘4’.
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| Suggested Data Sources: |
- Payroll system
- Timesheets
- Work schedule
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| Additional Notes: |
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| Guidelines for Abstraction: |
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| Inclusion |
Exclusion |
Licensed Independent Practitioners:
- Dentist
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Optometrist
- Physician Assistant
- Physician
- Podiatrist
- Surgeon
Nursing:
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
- Nurse Practitioner
- Registered Nurses (RN)
Allied Health:
- Certified Medical Assistant
- Dental Assistant
- Dietician
- Medical Technologists/MLT
- Occupational Therapy(OT)
- Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician
- Physical Therapists (PT)
- Radiation Therapist
- Radiology Technician
- Respiratory Therapist
- Social Worker/Counselor
- Speech Therapist
- Surgical Assistant or Technician
OTHER:
- Any discipline identified by the site as a clinical placement in the certification application (e-app)
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