NURSING FACILITY
HCBS
Pickle / SSI‑Related
CSCD Logic & Special Scenario
Break Room Brain Teasers
100

This is the CSCD when processing an NF MCO checklist.

What is the date of admission?

100

Most HCBS applications use the earlier of these two dates as the CSCD.


What is the date of application or PAE Effective Date?

100

New SSI‑Related applications use this date as the CSCD.

What is the date of application?

100

During Intake, many TEDS pages automatically pre‑populate the CSCD with this special date unless changed.


The first day of the month three months prior to the application date.

100

This sticky office supply was created by accident when a scientist was trying to develop a super‑strong adhesive.


 

What is the Post‑it Note?

200

A standard Nursing Facility application uses this CSCD unless the admission occurred earlier.


What is the date of admission or date of application, whichever is earlier?

200

Under the MCO Checklist scenario, this becomes the CSCD for HCBS.


What is the checklist received date?

200

When adding a new individual to an existing SSI‑Related case, the CSCD should reflect this.


What is the date the individual reported the change?

200

When a worker receives verification after a change was already reported, should the CSCD be updated?


No — the CSCD should not be updated when verification is received later.

200

This fruit is the most‑consumed produce in the U.S. by weight.


What are bananas?

300

When a member transitions from a Nursing Facility to Hospice, the CSCD must be set to this.


What is the date of transition?

300

If HCBS participation ends, the CSCD must be updated to this.


What is the Pre‑Admission Evaluation End Date?

300

This update type does not allow the CSCD on the SSI‑Related page to change.


What is updating only the SSI‑Related Record End Date?

300

In a converted case, workers must update the verification type from “Conversion.” What must they not update?


The CSCD.

300

This federal program created in 1935 still forms the basis of many Medicaid‑related eligibility pathways.


What is Social Security?

400

This PAE‑related date determines the CSCD when transitioning from Nursing Facility to HCBS.


What is the Actual Transition Start Date from the PAE?

400

This date becomes the CSCD when transitioning from HCBS to a Nursing Facility.


What is the date of admission on the nursing facility page?

400

On the SSI Cash Recipient page, the CSCD must be the later of these two dates.


What is the SSI Application Date or the Onset Date of Disability/Blindness?

400

What happens to the End Date of a historical record when a new CSCD is entered?


It auto‑populates as the day before the new CSCD.

400

This U.S. city handles the highest daily mail volume — more than 7 million pieces.


What is New York City?

500

In the Living Arrangement LUW, an individual in a Nursing Facility uses this as their CSCD.


What is the date of admission?

500

In Living Arrangement, HCBS uses this CSCD unless the PAE Effective Date is earlier.


What is the date of application?

500

If SSI ends for a cash recipient, the CSCD becomes this.


What is the SSI end date?

500

When retro eligibility applies, who has their CSCD updated—even if they are not individually reviewed for retro?


Everyone in the household on a new application.

500

This is the only number in the English language whose letters appear in alphabetical order.


What is forty?

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