Delinquency levels indicate a deficiency's degree of delinquency based on the number of hours or days that have elapsed since a configured date, which can be one of the following:
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The patient's admit date
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The patient's discharge date
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The date the deficiency was assigned
The period that must elapse before a delinquency level is reached is called the aging rate, and you can use any of the dates listed above as the trigger for when aging begins.
Each Deficiency Type-to-Document Type association can be assigned a different aging rate. For example, an Edit Transcription deficiency created on a transcription document can arrive at a specific delinquency level more quickly than a Missing Signature deficiency created on a pathology report. You can also configure different delinquency settings for each facility in your system.