The omission of not checking the I.V. that occurred in the acutecare stay,and not
checking off O2 which was used on readmission[16 hours only]would impact the plan of
care.I wanted only to be able to capture a higher Rug for reimbursement only.I ,thank
the person who works for a company that adits MDS'.I was looking to see if any MDS
coordinators have the time to do it within their own organization.I know my company in
these financially difficult times would not want to pay for an audit.I would say at
least 85% of my Rugs are in a rehab category.We do alot of short term rehab.I guess I
should initiate our own internal audit.There is another MDS person besides myself.She
prob could do a 2nd check on those only in a nsg Rug.Always something to ponder.If
there only was more time.
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