Re: RUGs

[Bogda Habich]

Thank you Cory. It helps.Bogda ----- Original Message ----- From: Corey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: Re: RUGs Bodga, if the patient comes in with the only skilled service being respiratory, you will need something from the hospital: IV's, etc. to p/u on Mcr A.  Once after that, the nebulizers will themselves skill him, but is his respiratory status so unstable that they require skilled nursing to be monitoring?  Adjustments of meds?  Oxygen?  Low Pulse ox's?  Usually after 3-4 weeks, these folks stabilize.  Is the doc continuing the nebulizers because the patient can't quite make the cognitive leap to effective use of the inhalers?  It will not automatically skill on the 5 day, but will be considered a skilled service to keep him/her on. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bogda Habich To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: Re: RUGs How about respiratory therapy only? Bogda ----- Original Message ----- From: Corey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 7:38 PM Subject: Re: RUGs Respiratory is a "skilled service", just like physical therapy.  Therefore, if nursing is giving a 20 minute nebulizer treatment four times a day, and assume that the patient is receiving an hour of PT q.d., the number of minutes per 7 days of therapy is now 860 min. vs. 300 min. for PT 5 days.  Can't figure out why you have to beat the nursing director with the manual and payment rates to get them to change the MAR to capture the therapy minutes and Pulse Ox scores!!!!????? ----- Original Message ----- From: Bogda Habich To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: RUGs What impact does respiratory therapy has on RUG scores? Bogda.