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Harmony Healthcare
Consultants for the Long Term Care Industry
MEDICARE, MEDICAID, COMPLIANCE,
PPS RUGs III and THERAPY OPERATIONS
Enhance Quality Patient Care
and Increase Reimbursement.
Look for us at These Upcoming
Seminars and Trade Shows:
- FHCA/FCAL Annual Conference, Orlando, FL: August 3-7
- IHCA-Peoria, IL: September 8-11
- VHCA Annual Trade Show-Richmond, VA: September 16
- ChemRX, Albany, NY: October 2
- AHCA/NCAL, Nashville, TN: October 5-8
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Notes from the desk of our CEO Kris Mastrangelo |
Rehab Minute Mapping: Part I
Does your therapy department consistently map out therapy minutes for each discipline once the treatment plan is established? Often times a lower RUG category yields on a PPS MDS assessment due to mismanagement of therapy minutes or missing an additional few minutes needed for a higher Rehab RUG. The actual RUG score will not be representative of the level of care provided.
Strategies for Therapy Minute Management:
1. Anticipate the amount of therapy minutes a resident
will need on a daily basis.
2. Target minutes for the most appropriate rehab category.
3. If a resident received only 15 minutes of therapy when
(s)he should have received 30 minutes, it is then important
for therapy to make up the lost time the next day or invite
another discipline to assist if appropriate.
4. Patients who are able to tolerate 45 minutes of therapy will
likely be able to tolerate an additional 5 minutes per day for
50 minutes or an additional 15 minutes for 60 minutes of
treatment, thus deeming them a Rehab Ultra High
candidate.
5. Therapists should devise treatment strategies to help the
resident meet Care Plan goals; for example, groups and concurrent therapy sessions.
6. Map out minutes for all covering therapists and weekend
staff on Friday.
Communication is a key factor in successful Rehab Case Management. Next week's Harmony Newsletter will continue to discuss case management strategies.
Become RAC-CT certified!
Harmony Healthcare Hosts the AANAC MDS Certification Program in September, 2008.
Join us and Rena Shephard, AANAC founding Chair and Executive Editor, for this 3-day program.
We are now accepting registrations.
Space is limited.
Check out our AudioConferences Offered this Summer.
Learn about Therapy Strategies for PPS & What Every Administrator should know about PPS and the MDS. |
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AANAC MDS Certification Program
September 30 - October 2, 2008
July 23, 2008
Therapy Revenue Tips & Strategies in a SNF
One-Hour AudioConference
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Learn Strategies to Enhance
Therapy Service Delivery
Identify Treatment Techniques Appropriate for Medicare Part A and Part B
Course Details:
- Medicare Skilled Guidelines
- Commonly Denied Treatments
- Rehab Case Management
- Skilled Documentation
- Standards of Operation & More!
Recommended Audience: Administration, Nurse Managers, MDSC, Nursing Staff, Therapy Management, Staff Therapists, Marketing Management, Social Workers, Admissions Directors, Business Office Managers and Hospital Discharge Planners.
August 7, 2008
Administrator's & DON's Guide to Medicare
One-Hour AudioConference
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
This audioconference discusses fine points of the MDS that SNF management need to know to enhance reimbursement and manage the MDS team in their building.
Identify Strategies for Increasing Revenue
through the MDS process.
Course Details:
Recommended Audience: CFO, COO, Administrators, Director of Nurses, Nurse Managers, Therapy Managers, Discharge Planners, Marketing Management, Social Workers.
Final Summer AudioConference
August 20, 2008
Medicare Nursing/Therapy Documentation in a SNF
For inquiries, to Sign up for Seminars or to Request a Brochure Containing a Full Description and Seminar Fees:
Contact Sue at:
1-800-530-4413, Ext. 21 | |
Sincerely,
Elisa Bovee
Director of Education and Training
Harmony Healthcare
1-800-530-4413 x20 | |
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