Therapy Rug Levels

Rug iv categories and characteristics 1 major rug iv.

Therapy rug levels.

Rugs are mutually exclusive categories that reflect levels of resource need in long term care settings primarily to facilitate medicare and medicaid payment they are assigned to individuals based on data elements derived from the ltc minimum data set mds there is a standard order or hierarchy and each rug. In addition the rug iv grouper will only calculate a rehabilitation medium rug category when 150 minutes of therapy is provided across 5 distinct calendar days. Mds 3 0 rug iv 66 category table urban adls end splits rug cmi rate 042 aids 15 16 signs of depression le2 45 412 73 941 02 15 16 no signs le1 33 345 26 787 19 11 14 signs of depression ld2 42 396 66 904 38 11 14 no signs ld1 27 332 42 757 92. Rug iii version 5 2 calculator worksheet 34 group model.

To obtain a non therapy rug with this worksheet skip category i rehabilitation plus extensive services and category ii rehabilitation and start with category iii extensive services. Mds 3 rug iii version 5 12 44 grouper. Under the old system rug iv there were two case mix adjusted components. The resident received a level of rehabilitation therapy to qualify for an ultra high very high high medium or low rehabilitation rug iv category.

Mds 3 rug 53 groups. The non therapy classification uses all the rug iv payment items except the rehabilitation therapy items o0400a b c to determine a non therapy clinical rug. Rug iv classification system 66 group with medicare case mix indices for 10 1 2010. Performance coding level definitions before using the algorithm.

When can we stop worrying about historic therapy levels under rugs and measure rehab success based on outcomes. The intensity of therapy as indicated by the total reimbursable therapy minutes delivered and other therapy qualifiers such as the number of therapy days and disciplines providing therapy. In other words within the 7 day observation period of the mds or cot review therapists must deliver services to the patient on at least 5 of the 7 days in the observation period from. Rug iv categories and characteristics 1 major rug iv category rug iv score characteristics associated with major rug iv category rehabilitation plus extensive services rux rul rvx rvl rhx rhl rmx rml rlx residents satisfying all of the following three conditions.

Stop at the first code. What levels of reduction if any will trigger audits by cms and what will those audits look like. Minimum data set supportive documentation guidelines rug iii version 5 12 34 grouper june 1 2012.