Rugs Therapy Minutes

Time spent on evaluation was included in the calculation of the rug rates.

Rugs therapy minutes. Residents receiving physical therapy occupational therapy and or speech language pathology services while a resident. Ultra u 720 minutes. If group minutes o0400b3 divided by total minutes is greater than 0 25 then add. The unallocated group time is divided by four by the rug iv grouper.

Therefore evaluation minutes are already accounted for and are not to be reported. Instructions from administration or staff to limit evaluation time may be an indirect way of reminding clinicians to maximize therapy time e g in an hour session 45 minutes would be. Therapy minutes rug iv 66 group hierarchical classification page 7 of 29 october 12 2010 when the 25 group therapy limitation applies i e for medicare part a residents calculate the adjusted total minutes as follows. Facility records 60 minutes of group therapy for each resident on each mds.

Allocated group therapy minutes 15 minutes are then used to determine each patient s rug classification. Resource utilization groups rugs 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.