Re: BBA of 1997 & PPS workshop

[Guest guest]

5.25 CEU's for a one day workshop? Could that be a misprint? IN Florida one

CEU is equivalent to 10 hours of instruction/interaction.

nne

Re: PPS -Reply -Reply

>>

>>

>> In response to:

>> We are a medicare-certified

>> outpatient rehab agency that contracts with SNFs. Most

>> of the SNFs went under PPS in July. We have reduce our

>> staff size in most of these facilities because of the reimbursement,

>> but most of my problems stem from the lack of knowledge on

>> the part of the nursing home about the regs.....can u tell me

>> what ur experiences have been?

>>

>> To the entire list:

>> >>>We go under PPS Jan 1, 1999. My biggest questions at this point are

>> " what rehab services I should provide on Saturday, Sunday, and

>> holidays... in order to maximize reimbursement, yet keep salary costs to

>> a

>> minimum... as much as possible. Also, do we always have to use day

>> 1-5 as our reference assessment period or can we use grace days on

>> weekend admits and shift our reference assessment period to days 2

>> through 6 or 3 through 7... etc.

>>

>> I work in a hospital-based SNF with an average LOS of ~15 days. This

>> makes things a little different for us. Our therapists are employees of

>> the

>> hospital, so we do not have any services that are " contracted. "

>>

>> Any input or help would be appreciated,

>> Tina

>> Indpls, IN

>>

>> >>> 09/03/98 09:50am >>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> ______________________________________________________________________

>>

>>

[Guest guest]

In Ohio 1 CEU is earned for each 1 hour contact time.

Lou

>>> " nne " 09/15 9:52 AM >>>

5.25 CEU's for a one day workshop? Could that be a misprint? IN Florida one

CEU is equivalent to 10 hours of instruction/interaction.

nne

Re: PPS -Reply -Reply

>>

>>

>> In response to:

>> We are a medicare-certified

>> outpatient rehab agency that contracts with SNFs. Most

>> of the SNFs went under PPS in July. We have reduce our

>> staff size in most of these facilities because of the reimbursement,

>> but most of my problems stem from the lack of knowledge on

>> the part of the nursing home about the regs.....can u tell me

>> what ur experiences have been?

>>

>> To the entire list:

>> >>>We go under PPS Jan 1, 1999. My biggest questions at this point are

>> " what rehab services I should provide on Saturday, Sunday, and

>> holidays... in order to maximize reimbursement, yet keep salary costs to

>> a

>> minimum... as much as possible. Also, do we always have to use day

>> 1-5 as our reference assessment period or can we use grace days on

>> weekend admits and shift our reference assessment period to days 2

>> through 6 or 3 through 7... etc.

>>

>> I work in a hospital-based SNF with an average LOS of ~15 days. This

>> makes things a little different for us. Our therapists are employees of

>> the

>> hospital, so we do not have any services that are " contracted. "

>>

>> Any input or help would be appreciated,

>> Tina

>> Indpls, IN

>>

>> >>> 09/03/98 09:50am >>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> ______________________________________________________________________

>>

>>