grace days are to be used for the resident benefit; ie if they have a day of not feeling well and are unable to participate in therapy, not to get a higher RUGS score.
claudia farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
claudia farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At my facility, the use of grace days is not a standard practice. The state views the use of grace days as ok, but they will be watching very closely. I know it is hard to get use to "new" ways, but I do agree w/your new rehab director.
Claudia >From: Tanya Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: projection of therapy minutes >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:19:30 -0800 (PST) > >I need some help with this one. We have a new director of our Rehab area and he wants to use projections, putting everyone in a high category with the first MDS assessment if they are on therapy. He doesnt want me using grace days to set the inital ARD. He said as long as they get a couple days of therapy they can use those minutes and do the projection. >This is not the way we have been doing it here at all. Whenever possible we have been using the grace days on the 1st assessment to capture 5 days of therapy, and we do use the projection too. Now if it is impossible to capture 5 days of therapy for whatever reason in the 1st 8 days, we base that RUG on the projection. >I dont want to do anything that is wrong. I sure dont want to be charged with Medicare Fraud, and I just dont see how you can do what he is wanting to do and put everyone into a high RUG. Most of our residents are in a high or a very high to start with, but we have had some that are in a Medium. >Thanks >Tanya > > >Tanya Jordan, RNAC >Homewood Retirement Centers >Williamsport, MD >Fax 301-582-1819 > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want.
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