What does RUG stand for?

Resource Utilization Group

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The RAC will be looking at your Resource Utilization Groups (RUG) distribution statistics as part of the analysis of your MDS and billing records.

Start now: preparation critical for Recovery Audit Contractor Program

Tom and Tommy" worked in tandem on a variety of issues including evidence-based practices, case-mix adjustments, refinements of the Resource Utilization Groups, and incentives for quality improvement.

Three cheers for benign neglect

Stress that it's a team effort--and get your team educated The Office of Inspector General's February 2006 report A Review of Nursing Facility Resource Utilization Groups highlighted the problems that nursing homes continue to face with MDS inaccuracy.

The finer points of the RAI: how effective leadership can deliver ...

All of the care plans featured in The Big Book of Care Plans are also located on the companion CD-ROM, ready to be individualized for key areas such as Medicare Resource Utilization Groups, high-risk issues, such as pressure ulcers and falls, and common care planning needs such as hospice care and Urinary Tract Infections.

HCPro Announces a New Care Planning Resource

Key areas of focus should include: * Coordination of interdisciplinary team care and services * Medicare payment system and Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) * Documentation to support medical necessity and intensity of services provided Medicare benchmarking is important to the process.

Internal audits: a tool for improving compliance and revenues

The RUG factor In addition to the effect of the full CBSA wage index, facilities are also dealing with a change in their revenue stream resulting from the implementation of the new Resource Utilization Group (RUG) system, better known as RUGs 53.

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It is important, therefore, that they are familiar with the Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) and the RUG case mix.

The art of admissions: the admissions coordinator plays a large role ...

Soon after Medicare began using resource utilization groups (RUGs) in 1986 to determine reimbursement for nursing home placement, the PRI was developed by the Professional Standards Review Council of America (PSRCA) to facilitate that process, she explains.

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