Ask Diane: Will the MDS 3.0 allow us to capture concurrent therapy minutes?
Q: Will the MDS 3.0 allow us to capture concurrent therapy minutes?
Diane: Yes, the MDS 3.0 will allow facilities to capture minutes of concurrent therapy, which is the practice of one therapist treating multiple patients at the same time while the patients are performing different activities. However, concurrent therapy minutes will be calculated differently under the MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV than they are currently.
Under the MDS 2.0 and RUG-III, concurrent therapy minutes are counted as one-on-one therapy minutes. This means that if you provide 90 minutes of therapy to a group of three residents who are all doing different exercises, you can capture the entire 90 minutes for each resident on the MDS.
The MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV will require therapists to use their professional judgment to divide concurrent therapy minutes among the residents receiving the service.
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Diane Brown
Diane Brown is a long-term care regulatory specialist and lead educator for HCPro's MDS 3.0 Boot Camp and Medicare Boot Camp-Long-Term Care Version. She is also a long-term care consultant with over 25 years of operational experience in healthcare. For Diane's complete bio, visit the About page.
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