Re: Nursing RUG with Therapy minutes on MDS

[Nathan]

Yes, the grouper works by calculating all the RUG categories the resident qualifies for and then picks the one with the highest CMI. ----- Original Message ----- From: reneir jerusalem To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:42 PM Subject: Re: Nursing RUG with Therapy minutes on MDS isn't it the software will default to higher rug payment? Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not only is this ill-advised, but I don't believe it really has the desired effect.   Nathan ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Witges To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:33 AM Subject: Re: Nursing RUG with Therapy minutes on MDS If I understand you correctly you are saying that staff deliberately do not document therapy minutes to increase payment.  If this is the case it is fraud and something I would not want to be a part of. Michelle  ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Nursing RUG with Therapy minutes on MDS The RUG you are talking about, is it a higher reimbursed RUG than the therapy?  I just learned of something similar (i think) where they skill at extensive services and omit the minutes to therapy, even though it is provided, and payout is more in this RUG than and a therapy rug.?? Help anyone, not sure about what this is, heard it in a discussion with other homes. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!