Children’s Multidisciplinary Assessment Team (CMAT) Level of Care (LOC) Training Quiz

After reviewing the Children’s Multidisciplinary Assessment Team (CMAT) Level of Care (LOC) training, please complete the following quiz. A passing score of 80% is required to receive a certificate of completion. A certificate is required for voting members of the CMAT Level of Care determination process.

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* 1. Name:

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* 2. Telephone number:

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* 3. Email address:

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* 4. Organization:

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* 5. Service County:

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* 6. How quickly does the Level of Care (LOC) training need to be completed for new CMAT members?

Within 10 days of joining the CMAT.

Within 30 days of joining the CMAT.

There is no time frame. You can do it at any time.

LOC training is only for CMS members. No one else is required to do the training.

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* 7. LOC recommendations are good for a maximum of 180 calendar days and cannot be changed, even if the child’s condition changes.

True

False

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* 8. The LOC is determined by consensus building and not by counting votes.

True

False

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* 9. It is not necessary to determine medical necessity before completing the LOC portion of the tool.

True

False

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* 10. The CMAT Medical Director can issue the stability statement in the absence of (or independent from) any qualifying medical condition.

True

False

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* 11. The LOC tool should be scored without regard to any support services, e.g., private duty nursing, personal care, or pediatric extended care centers.

True

False

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* 12. There are five Determination Domains considered to determine the LOC for a MFC child. Select the correct five.

1. Stability of the child in a home setting

5. Personal care needs and age appropriateness of those needs

2. Age of the child

3. Complexity of reunification plans

4. Tolerance to caregiver delay or error in performing tasks

6. Frequency of biological parent visitation

7. If the child attends school and has an IEP

8. Complexity and intensity of interventions

9. How far the MFC parent lives from the primary and specialty providers

10. Amount of observation, assessment, and documentation

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* 13. LOC domain characteristics for determining which category is applicable may use the connectors ‘OR’ and ‘AND’. It is not important to pay attention to these connectors as they do not play a role in determining whether a child’s care needs are compatible to a particular category within the domain.

True

False

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* 14. For domains two through five we want to consider the entire clinical situation, including co-morbid conditions such as behavioral health, intellectual and developmental conditions.

True

False

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* 15. Simple and complex interventions now have different definitions. There are some general definitions in the CMAT LOC tool guidance document to be used only when the terms are not defined in the tools category description. The category-specific definition within the tool takes priority over the definitions in the supplemental guidance document.

True

False