Special Case when the Service Code Rate Diverges from its Units (e.g. RHS and SEI)
For the majority of services that are based on a worksheet rate, when the total amount of money allocated to the service increases because of a correlated rate and unit increase, both the rate and the units increase together. However, on occasion, the rate and units for specific services like RHS may do the opposite where the rate either increases or decreases divergently from the units (i.e. because a change in the absentee factor is either moving the total units up or down in connection with a rate increase). SEI has the potential for a similar situation where an increase in its total units will cause the rate to go down.
In order to resolve the divergence and accurately update the Pro Forma Budget with the correct values related to the change, the service needs to be debited and credited from the Pro Forma - meaning the original prescription for the service (based on the original rate and units) has to be removed from the Pro Forma and the new prescription has to be loaded. The "debit / credit" concept is implemented by adding the service (e.g. RHS) as a New Service to the Request with its new rate and total units. Then, the service's original rate and units are loaded as an Eliminated Service in the request.
This approach to building a Request for Services should only be used when the rate and units change divergently. In all other cases where the units and the rate either increase or decrease together, the worker should use the appropriate budget scenario for that situation (see Budget Overview).