Ask the Payment Expert about … acuity-based staffing

Jan 6, 2017 | Nursing HPRD & Turnover

Ask the Payment Expert about … acuity-based staffing

What is acuity-based staffing and how do we know what our acuity is?

We have multiple ways that acuity is evaluated in a facility. The best is to use available information with the Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) levels.

Each resident in your facility has a RUG level. It doesn’t make a difference which RUG system (state or federal) you use, but I recommend the easiest is the RUG 66 Medicare group.

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McKnights

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January 6, 2017

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Boyer, Patricia. “Ask the Payment Expert about … Acuity-Based Staffing.” McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, 6 Jan. 2017, www.mcknights.com/news/ask-the-payment-expert-about-acuity-based-staffing

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