We also had someone attend a seminar where they were told, by the presenter, on the cases where SE3 would be the higher paying RUG to "just leave the projected therapy out of section T" to get an SE3 instead of a RM or RH.
I don't feel that if the eval has been done and the projection is there during the lookback period you could leave this information off the MDS. I see nothing in the manual which states you can pick and choose what you want to go on the MDS and what you want to just conveniently leave off.
Tim & Chris Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Our therapist attended a seminar last week. Other companies reported to her that the mds people are not recording therapy minutes on the 5 day medicar assessment so they can capture a higher RUG by using IV meds from hospital etc. The last seminar I attended on this subject informed us we could occassionally do this on certain dx (stroke or pneumonia) it allows the resident to be "sick" and stablized before therapy is started. Otherwise medicare expects us to use therapy minutes and get proper RUG. Can you send me any information on this
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