Medicare Rug Distribution

Effective october 1 2015 excel.
Medicare rug distribution. Access the listings of resource utilization groups rugs for skilled nursing facilities snfs from the links below. Develop methods to evaluate case management of the ard. Report to congress on patient classification under medicare s prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities 2006. Rug iii service days for fy 2010 by month data used to evaluate possible seasonality.
Ascertain whether your rug level distribution is optimal. The data include the number of medicare discharges for the numerator and denominator for each target area proportion for each target area average medicare payment for a claim in each target area and the sum of total medicare payments for each target area. Determine your medicare length of stay and how it compares to other snfs. Effective october 1 2014 excel.
A federal government website managed by the centers for medicare medicaid services 7500 security boulevard baltimore md 21244. The link below provides national level statistics for areas identified as at risk for improper payments in short term acute care hospitals. Rug 44 rug 53 distribution chart based on cy 2006 data is available for download from the downloads section below. Effective october 1 2017 excel.
Measure your adl scores accurately. Due to rounding a slight variance may exist between the spreadsheets below and actual medicare payments.