Re: OMRA OR NOT PLS HELP..

[Rnlncoh]

Hi.  Was your 5 day assessment your comprehensive?  If so, you can go ahead and use grace days for your 14 day assessment to pick up maximum therapy time possible.  The OMRA is exactly what you thought.  It is used when therapy ends and the resident remains skilled under part A for other reasons.  The OMRA is not used to get a therapy rug score.    Sherri       I have a question to the group. we have a resident under part A. She is on nonweight bearing status. Was on bedrest. But last monday, Ortho. orderd her to maybe up in w/c as tolerated still on non weight bearing status. We did already 5 day assmnt. and she is due for 14th day tomorrow. MD ordered for PT Tx as of today. Physical Therapy is saying that we will proceed to do 14th day assmnt with ARD today and will do OMRA later  so we can have therapy RUG score. Im confused, I thought that OMRA is being done only if therapy is discontinued but remains to be on part A. She was saying that we can also do OMRA to change Rug score from Nursing to therapy if resident is pick up by therapy in the later part. Pls help me with this. Rena if you are there, pls reply. thanks