Question

what is the RUG for this case?

what is the RUG payment?

Patient's Age: 85-years-old Admission Date: 09/17/2018 Admitted From: Delray Medical Center Discharge Date: 10/15/2018 Discharged To: Home Length Of Stay: 29 Days Reason For Stay: UTI, Muscle IIlIness, Enlarged Aortic Dr. Marshall Kaufer was admitted to The Encore at Boca Raton from Delray Medical Center for an urinary tract infection, muscle illness, and an enlarged aortic. He came max assist, could not bathe, could not lower body dress, and could not get out of bed. Dr. Kaufer was very discouraged, very combative when he arrived and was not at all motivated; he just wanted to go home. He shared with our of concierge, "I thought I wa going to die. I was a mess, I couldn't walk." His therapists, Debra De Silva and Grace Montague arrived to evaluate him. During his first session, he walked 50 feet with a rolling walker and contact guard assist.

Answer 1

Bug in this case is the physical therapy of 170 hours of physical for 3 months which impaoved the I condition of Dr. Kayer to a much better level. Rug stands for Resource utilization group , flow from the minimum Data set and drive Medicare reimbursement to nursing homes under the prospective payment System. Rug payement are the payement fixed for the Rug services according to the level of service provided and the content of the facilities. The average standardized payment per stay for all SNES was $10,919, with an average stay of 28 days. The states with the highest average standardized payment per stay were Indiana Texas and California.