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From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Joyce
Nicholson
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:27 PM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: therapy minutes--try
again
I questioned our lead therapist last week about several resident's who had
missed a therapy RUG group by 10-15 minutes, wanting to know why she hadn't
brought it to my attention so that the assessment period could be adjusted to
capture the minutes. She told me that she was purposely lowering the minutes
during the assessment period because one of the two disciplines was planning
on discharging the resident the following week or so, and the lower RUG group
would better reflect what services would be given. My response was that per
MDS rules, we should code the services given now, not what we think might
occur within the next month. The therapist brought in her regional boss and
they are insisting that if we don't "taper" the minutes to reflect what is
expected to occur during the payment period, then we are opening ourselves up
for Medicare auditing and could be seen as being fraudulent. What are your
thoughts?
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