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Will Your Rehab Goals Stand Up Under Audit?
Medicare, through their RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) program, is intensifying their attention to therapy documentation. Most notably, the RAC is focusing on goal setting and the patient's documented progress toward goals. Rehab documentation should always show the benefit they are having toward the patient's overall function.
Measurable progress should be shown, and goals should be specific to the patient. Short-term goals should have greater detail and be measurable. Harmony recommends identifying what the patient must be able to do in order to return home safely. Patients may be able to perform activities independently while participating in skilled therapy sessions but may not be well conditioned enough to perform these activities repeatedly at home.
Patients do certain activities repeatedly at home, for example:
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Consider how many times a patient must stand up and walk to the bathroom during the day and at night.
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How long can the patient stand to perform basic bathing and grooming tasks?
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Is the patient able to stand and prepare an entire meal?
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How far can a patient walk down store isles; can they bend repeatedly to collect the items in their basket?
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How far is the mailbox from a patient's front door of their home or apartment?
Barriers identified that impede progress should be stated positively and the therapist should identify what they are doing to compensate for the barrier. Stating the patient has made slow gains does not demonstrate the positive outcomes that have resulted thus far from skilled therapy intervention. Harmony recommends each therapy progress note contains a positive comment or outcome for each goal area that is a direct result of skilled therapy intervention.
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 listed below. |
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AANAC MDS Certification Program
September 30 - October 2, 2008
August 7, 2008
Please note date change from August 8th.
Administrator's / DON's Guide to the MDS
One-Hour AudioConference
This conference discusses fine points of the MDS that SNF management needs to know to increase reimbursement and manage the MDS team in their building.
Learn:
- Strategies for Increasing Revenue through the MDS Process.
- Case Management Strategies for Rate Preservation.
- Analyze the Resource Utilization Group in Relation to the Rate of Reimbursement.
- Prevent Inaccurate Assessments & More Valuable info!
Medicare Nursing / Therapy Documentation in a SNF
One-Hour AudioConference
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
This course will focus on indentification of skilled care terminology as well as what qualifies as skilled care.
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Summarize Universal Documentation Guidelines.
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Determine Skilled Care.
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Identify Skilled Care Terminology.
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Compose Documentation that Exemplifies Skilled Care.
For inquiries, to Signup for Seminars, Complete list of Seminars or to Request a Brochure Containing a Full Description and Seminar Fees:
Contact Sue at:
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Sincerely,
Elisa Bovee
Director of Education and Training
Harmony Healthcare
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