Comments on: Ask Diane: What should I do when the ARD and R2B dates overlap the end of a quarter?

By: MacKenzie Kimball

MacKenzie Kimball — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:35:37 +0000

Linda, to see Diane’s response to this question go to http://blogs.hcpro.com/mdscentral/2009/07/medicare-part-c/

By: Linda Lauth

Linda Lauth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:23:29 +0000

When a resident is funded through a long term care capitated assistance program and receives therapy 5 days a week, should we make him skilled and bill Part A for the skilled level of care provided?

By: Carol Young, RHIT

Carol Young, RHIT — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:44:38 +0000

I am from Wa. State. The state looks at the admission date and use the RUG score you achieved on that MDS with ARD of 6-29 and applies that to the number of days the patient was in your facility during the 2nd quarter and will apply the same RUG score for the number of days the pt is in your facility during the 3rd quarter until the next MDS is due. So if the pt was admitted on 6-25 you will have 6 census days for that pt on your 2nd quarter report using the RUG score achieved from that MDS. Assuming the pt discharges 7-15 there will be 14 days using that RUG score for July.