Medicare Part B Program Development in the Age of Compliance

Medicare Part B
Program Development in the Age of
Compliance
HARMONY UNIVERSITY
The Provider Unit of
Harmony Healthcare International, Inc. (HHI)
Presented by:
Melissa Fox, OTR/L
Regional Consultant

Speaker Bio (Melissa Fox)
Regional Consultant for Harmony Healthcare
International
Experience
Specialty in treating the Geriatric population with
special interest in Neurological and Medically
complex patients including Traumatic Brain
Injuries, CVA and Respiratory patients
OTR/L
Rehab Program Manager with training in Clinical
Leadership Program Development
Documentation Auditor
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Medicare Part B
Program Development in the Age of Compliance
Disclosures: The planners and presenters of this educational
activity have no relationship with commercial entities or
conflicts of interest to disclose
Planners:
Elisa Bovee, MS, OTR/L
Diane Buckley, BSN, RN, RAC-CT
Beckie Dow, RN, RAC-MT
Keri Hart, MS CCC, SLP, RAC-CT
Kristen Mastrangelo, OTR/L, MBA, NHA
Christine Twombly, RNC, RAC-MT, LHRM
Presenter:
Melissa Fox, OTR/L

Harmony Healthcare International, Inc.
Medicare Part B
Disclosure
Speaker:
Melissa Fox, OTR/L, Regional Consultant
The speaker has no relevant financial
relationships to disclose
The speaker has no relevant nonfinancial
relationships to disclose
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Criteria for Successful Completion
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Objectives
The learner will be able to understand Proactive
Medicare Part B Program Development and how to
strengthen the program components.
The learner will have a better understanding of
Medicare Part B documentation components, goal
writing and potential risk for receiving denied
claims.
The learner will have an understanding of Medicare
Part B Guidelines, Medicare Part B Caps, Functional
Limitation G-Codes and Medical Reviews.
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Cards are on the table:
Be PROACTIVE
Introduction: Breakout from the
same dealt hand…

Is it a Full Deck of Cards?
Making a Decision to be Conservative
or Aggressive?
What card are you?
The forgotten playing card…
Potential to keeping the whole deck
together and treating each card
individually

Medicare Part B:
Overview of Requirements

Medicare Part B: Skilled Therapy
Services must be skilled, reasonable
and necessary
Part B reimburses 80% of fee screen.
Additional insurance may cover the
additional 20% (Medicaid, Medex)

Medicare Part B Therapy Cap
Current therapy cap for Physical and Speech
Therapy combined is $1,900 for calendar year
2013
Current therapy cap for Occupational
Therapy combined is $1,900 for calendar year
2013
Services that meet the exceptions criteria and
report the KX modifier on billing log will be
paid beyond this limit with clinical
justification

Medicare Part B Therapy Cap
Therapist can treat a patient if they have
exceeded the therapy cap.
Extended through 2013.
Automatic exception if clinically necessary
KX Modifier is added to bill indicating the
therapist believes it is clinically necessary
If a resident presents with a change in function
and requires necessary skilled intervention, the
documentation must reflect and treatment should
be provided.

Manual Medicare Reviews for
Medicare Part B
Similar to the therapy cap, there is a
threshold of
$3,700 for PT and SLP services combined
$ 3,700 for OT services
Effective April 2013 providers are
automatically reviewed:
Pre-Payment
Post Payment

Manual Medicare Reviews for
Medicare Part B
PrePayment Review: Claims submitted in the
Recovery Audit Prepayment Review
Demonstration states will be reviewed on a
prepayment basis.
These states are Florida, California, Michigan,
Texas, New York, Louisiana, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and
Missouri
Post Payment Review in all other States

Functional Reporting
UB-04
Functional reporting is required on
claims throughout the entire episode of
care for dates of services on or after July
1st 2013
Only one functional limitation shall be
reported at a time per a therapy
discipline

There are 42 functional G-codes
14 sets of three codes each:
Six of the G-code sets are used for PT and
OT functional limitations
Eight of the G-code sets are for SLP
functional limitations
Identify Default and Provider Liable
accuracy
Functional G-Codes
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Therapy Functional Reporting
The clinician must document on the applicable dates
of service the specific non payable G-Codes and
severity modifiers used in the required reporting of
the patient’s functional limitation(s) on the claim for
services, including how the modifier selection was
made.
Required to document this information in the
patient’s medical record
Support with outcome measurement tools
Same tool throughout episode of care

Medicare Part B
Documentation Review
Basics

Rules & Regulations
Part B Service Delivery
Local Medical Review Policy (LMRP) are
published by each Intermediary
Review to understand intermediary’s
specific requirements and expectations
related to Medicare B therapy billing
Therapy documentation should reflect the
wording and terminology used in the LMRP
in order to support our claim

Skilled Rehabilitation MD Orders
The service must be ordered by a
physician
Frequency and duration are
required
Must be current for entire time
services are required
“Evaluation and treatment as
indicated” must be clarified

Physician Certification
Minimally required every 90 days
Harmony recommends every 30 days.
Continued physician oversight
Ensure plan continues appropriate
Summarize progress every 30 days
700 or 701 no longer required is no
longer a required format

Prior Level of Function
It has been determined that the prior
level of function is one area reviewers
are using to generate denials
Prior level of function must be highly
detailed and paint a picture of what
the patient was doing at home
PLOF is vital to supporting medical
necessity for skilled rehabilitation and
support the intensity of services
rendered

Evaluation
Potential is good or excellent
For stated goals
Goals should be appropriate so
they can be achieved
Not related to medical status
Reason for Referral

Evaluation
Previous Therapy
Reflects recent therapy related to
this problem only
State previous therapy and reason
(gait, ADL)
Documentation must support
reason why seen again after a
recent discharge (6 months)

Evaluation
Narrative should summarize
patient need, potential and reason
a skilled therapist is needed.
Focus on functional status verses
medical
Avoid negative statements

Onset Date
Date of the medical or treatment diagnosis for
which therapy services are being rendered Must
be of a recent onset. Chronic conditions greater
than 3 months are at risk for denial
Emergency matters: choking, falling, etc.
Require immediate attention and there is no
need to “wait” for documentation
For chronic diagnoses, indicate the date of the
change or deterioration in the patients condition
that now necessitates therapy services (acute
exacerbation date)

Diagnosis
Indicate the Medical diagnosis that has
resulted in the therapy disorder
Relate to the current plan of care for
therapy
Represent the most intensive services
(over 50% of the revenue code billed)
Relevant to the problem to be treated; e.g.
O.A. with treatment diagnosis of “pain in
the joint” or “difficulty walking”

Onset Date/Reason for Referral
State specific decline or problem
Not “admission”
Nursing notes should support a change in
condition requiring a skilled therapy services
Nursing needs to clearly outline the
precipitating event(s) to Rehab referral
There is no federal requirement for 3 days of
nursing documentation to initiate Part B
services
Rehab needs to work with nursing as a team
.

Reason for Referral
Avoid statement such as “to purchase
private wheelchair” or “New admission”
Provide the reason for the referral as it
relates to the primary or treating diagnosis
or condition and the mechanism of injury
For chronic conditions, an objective
description of the changes in function
(acute exacerbation) that now necessitate
skilled therapy should be indicated

Writing Goals

Writing Goals
Treatment goals are of two types, separate
or in combination
The functional outcome goal identifies
the desired client performance resulting
from therapy (dress, ambulate,
articulate)
The enabling goal identifies the method
by which a therapist enables a client to
accomplish the goal (increase ROM,
improve memory, increase activity
tolerance)

Writing Goals
Treatment goals should:
Be realistic
Have a positive effect on the
quality of the patient’s life
Be measurable and quantifiable
Be related to function
Appropriately reflect the patient’s
needs

Writing Goals
Treatment goals consist of:
Short-term goals are interim
targets; steps to achieve the long-
term goals. Achieved in 2 weeks.
Long-term goals are what the
client will have achieved at the
time of discharge

Daily Notes
Treatment encounter notes is required for
every treatment day, and every therapy
service
The treatment encounter note must record:
The name of the treatment, intervention or activity
The time spent in services represented by timed
codes
The total treatment time
The identity of the individual providing the
intervention

Progress Notes
Once on or before the 10th treatment day
Change January 2013
The PT, OTR or SLP clinician must write a Progress
Report during each Progress Report Period
regardless of whether the assistant writes other
reports. Must provide treatment.
Reports written by assistants are not complete
Progress Reports
Physical Therapist Assistants or Occupational
Therapy Assistants may write elements of the
Progress Report dated between clinician reports

Progress Notes
Progress Report Content
Assessment of the patient’s response to the
services
Progress towards each of the treatment
goals
Documentation of any treatment
variations with the associated rationale
Progress within levels of care
Re-assessment and establish new goals

Denial Reasons: Audit Focus

Reasons for Denials
Lack of documentation relating to the
patient having the potential to show
significant progress
Goals are not functional (i.e., patient
will perform 10 repetitions of upper
extremity exercises with the yellow
theraband)
The amount, frequency and duration of
services were not reasonable, given the
patient’s current status

Reasons for Denials
Services related to activities for the general good
and welfare of patients (e.g., general exercises to
promote overall fitness and flexibility, and
activities to provide diversion or general
motivation), do not constitute physical therapy
services for Medicare purposes
Diathermy and Ultrasound heat treatments for
the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, or any other
pulmonary condition are considered not
reasonable and necessary, and therefore, non-
covered

Reasons for Denials
Electrical Stimulation used to treat motor
function disorders, such as multiple
sclerosis, is considered investigational and
therefore, non-covered
Electrical Stimulation used in the treatment
of facial nerve paralysis, commonly known
as Bell’s Palsy, is considered investigational
and therefore, non-covered
Home health physical therapy is not
covered to treat Skilled Nursing Facility
patients

Reasons for Denials
Work hardening/conditioning is a non-
covered service. These services relate solely
to specific work skills and do not provide
any diagnostic or therapeutic benefit for the
patient that requires physical rehabilitation.
Failure to document a complete treatment
plan as outlined in Documentation Required
section
Services determined not to require the skills
of a therapist

Reasons for Denials
Gains were not significant and there was no
indication of carryover of the functional task
The outcome of therapy treatment was not
documented
Duplication of services between physical therapy
and occupational therapy
Skilled therapy was provided when non-skilled
maintenance services would have been more
appropriate
The therapist ignored the patient’s prior level of
function and set unrealistic goals

Rehab Program
Development and Documentation

Program Development
The goals are:
To provide quality of care
To ensure that all patients that have the
potential to benefit from skilled therapy
intervention receive access to services
To support the facility in meeting all
regulatory requirements
Educate nursing on appropriate referrals

Program Development
The goals are (continued):
Therapy to initiate routine
review of key facility reports to
address residents needs in a
timely fashion (e.g., falls,
weight loss, skin, etc.)
Quality measures
Utilize the MDS

Patient Identification
Routinely perform 30-day window of
wellness, quarterly, annual, and
significant change in status screens
Review previous therapy service dates or
documentation for most recent services or
reviews
Review ADL flow sheets for previous
three months and current month’s notes for
any dramatic changes in coding
Review nursing documentation for one to
identify any red flag areas (falls, skin
issues, positioning issues, incontinence,
pain, feeding issues)

Program Development
Systems for Resident Identification
24 Hour Report review daily
Nursing checklist for Care Plan meetings
Facility knowledgeable on how to
identify declines in functions
Effective Communication at Daily Stand-
Up and Weekly Medicare Meeting
Develop Specialty Programs and
perform monthly or quarterly rounds

Patient Identification
Review MD orders for 1-2 months for med/diet
change orders, equipment orders, and recent acute
diagnosis that may indicate a therapy screen is
needed
Interview direct care staff for patient’s with a
functional decline in mobility, ADLs or
communicating
Review patients at RISK for skin issues, weight,
pain, behavior, restraint, incontinence and fall
risks
Review MDS data for changes from prior
assessments focus on ADLs, mobility, ROM, pain,
and cognition

Program Development
Create a Clinical Leader Program
partnering Rehab and Nursing staff
for program development
Lunch and Learn Program In-
Servicing
Create STOP Program: See, Tell,
Observe and Referral Program

Program Development
Specialty Programs
Pain Management
Seating and Positioning
Contracture Management
Wound Care
Dementia Rounds
Dementia Intervention
(mobility, communication,
safety and behavior)
Dining Rounds
Activity Rounds
Therapy Integration with
RNA
Continence Program
Rehab Dining
Dysphagia Management
(Altered consistencies)
Fall and Balance Program
Comprehensive use of
modalities and other
treatment areas

Pain Management Program
Development
Clinical Partnership:
Nurse Clinical Leader: Pain Management
Specialist
Rehab Clinic Leader: Modalities and
Manual Therapy
MDS Section J: Health Conditions
Pain Management and Pain Assessment
Interview

Development
Strategies for Identify patients with pain:
Review patients weekly during RISK
meeting to identify current pain
management program and review pain
assessment to identify changes
Review MD orders of scheduled versus
PRN pain medication

Development
Strategies for Identify patients with pain:
Talk with team regarding patients stating they
have pain while completing ADL care, transfers
during activity programs
Monitor patients with decline in ability to move
joints or increase difficulty with range of motion.
Also monitor increase behaviors such as increase
yelling, combativeness, change in moods or sleep
pattern may be caused by pain symptoms

Development
Examples of Reason for Referral:
Patient has had increase pain which
prevents patient from performing
functional tasks
Patient requires more assistance from
caregivers due to pain
Patient referred by Nursing to OT services
due to patient has increase pain in R
shoulder causing patient to have moderate
assist with toileting skills and transfer

Development
Examples Prior Level of Function:
Patient had little to no pain in shoulder
while getting dressed and was able to put
on shirt with Supervision
Patient required increase time due to joint
stiffness; however, reports no prior pain
hindering functional performance

Development
Assessment Tools: Numerical pain scale,
Facial pain scale, Goniometry and Manual
Muscle Testing and Sensory testing kits
Examples of Goals:
Patient will have decrease R should pain 3/10 pain
with use of diathermy and gentle stretch to
increase ROM in prep for combing back of hair
Patient will have no complaints of pain to R
shoulder while stretching arm up to put on pull
over shirt with minimal assistance

Development
Treatment activities:
Patient tolerate modalities: Estim,
diathermy, ultrasound, hot pack, etc.
to decrease pain and increase joint
flexibility
Soft tissues massage, joint
mobilization, relaxation techniques

Seating and Positioning Program
Development
Clinical Nurse Leader: Skin integrity
specialist
Clinical Rehab Leader: Positioning
Specialist
Equipment Leader: Safety Specialist to
check equipment
MDS Section G: Functional Status

Development
Strategies for Identifying positioning
problems:
Positioning Rounds performed routinely to
inspect proper use of seating system and
identify change in condition
Examples: Falls forward, leans to one side,
feet dangle in chair, new pressure ulcer or
edema, slides out of chair, reduce
restraints, head and neck pain or abnormal
position or needs more assistance with
propelling wheelchair

Program Development
Patient sliding from wheelchair and
requires frequent repositioning
Patient having difficulty propelling
wheelchair and maneuvering around
obstacles
Patient has increase leaning and pain in
side or patient has increased coughing
during meal due to head flexed forward

Program Development
Examples for Prior Level of Function:
Patient seated in 16” hemi height
wheelchair with pressure reducing seat
cushion
Patient able to propel wheel chair 50 feet
with verbal cues for safety

Program Development
Assessment Tools: Comprehensive
seating assessment include mat
assessment including supine,
unsupported seating and supporting
seated positions. Goniometry
measurement, manual muscle and
coordination testing

Program Development
Example of Goals:
Patients will require mod A to anterior
weight shift and rise sit-to-stand due to
poor muscle contractile strength
Patient will increase trunk control to Good
sitting balance to promote safe swallow
during meals in a seating system with use
of lateral support

Program Development
Treatment activities:
Supine and unsupported sitting exercise to
increase trunk control, use of modalities to
decrease joint stiffness and pain,
wheelchair mobility training

Program Development
Wound Management Program

Program Development
Clinical Partnership
Clinical Nurse Leader: Skin Integrity
Specialist and Dietician
Clinical Rehab Leader: Wound Specialist
include Modality use
MDS Section M: Skin Conditions
Capture consistent Determination of skin
condition
Capture consistent Measurement of skin condition

Program Development
Strategies for identifying skin integrity issues:
Identify RISK meeting active skin integrity
issues, nutritional decline, impaired sensation,
incontinence, prior wound history
During Positioning Rounds discuss potential
skin issues and Wound Care rounds discus
current treatments for skin integrity issues
Regular Communication and Educate Rehab’s
Roles with Wound Care Specialty team
Review Norton Pressure ulcer risk or Braden
Scale for change and risks (High Risk)

Program Development
Patient has had a Stage III coccyx wound
treated by skilled nursing for past 35 days
and presents with increase pain and
inability to remain OOB
Patient has increase complaints of pain to
left heel which nursing reports is red,
boggy, and difficulty for patient to transfer
from bed to wheelchair

Program Development
Example of Prior Level of Function:
Patient evidenced intact skin integrity and
tolerated a wheelchair for 4 hours last April
Patient with history of peripheral vascular
disease presents with no history of skin
breakdown and was min A with stand-
pivot transfers during care

Program Development
Assessments: Evaluations should
portray clinical necessity for skilled
therapy intervention:
Etiology of wound, type of prior treatment
by medical team, stage of wound,
description of wound including length,
width, depth, grid drawing are a few
examples

Program Development
Example of Goals:
Patient will decrease size of wound by .1cm
with increase in granulation tissue to
promote healing to coccyx area
Patient will be able to reposition self in
wheelchair with min assist to provide
pressure relief and increase circulation to
promote wound healing to coccyx
Always include a functional goal to support

Program Development
Treatment Activities:
Reflect the skilled plan of treatment,
including specific frequency of the
modality. For example: Electrical
Stimulation for a chronic state III and IV
pressure ulcer, arterial ulcer, diabetic ulcer
and venous stasis ulcer not demonstrating
measureable signs of healing after 30 days
of conventional care, as part of a therapy
plan of care.

Program Development
Positioning program, use of
modalities including diathermy and
ultrasound
Educating patient on monitoring skin
integrity, ability to reposition self and
treat limitation in transfer and
mobility

Program Development
Contracture Management Program
Clinical Nurse Leader: Restorative Nurse
Programmer
Clinical Rehab Leader: Contracture
Management Specialist
MDS Section G: Functional limitation in
Range of Motion

Program Development
Strategies for identifying contracture risk:
Daily stand up, 24 hours report regarding increase
pain, joint stiffness, muscle spasms, tonal changes
for example
Patient currently on splinting program, regularly
assess appropriate use and necessity for splint
Interview staff to identify patients who have new
or increase limitations of movement that are
affecting function
Review MDS (Section G04000) to identify change
in range of motion

Program Development
Patient refusing to wear resting hand
splint, reports pain with wear and redness
noted after 2 hours of wear time
Patient has increase tone to left elbow and
direct care staff report patient has increase
pain and difficulty with donning shirts

Program Development
Examples of Prior Level of Function:
Patient was issued R resting hand splint on
May 2011 and was wearing splint up to 8
hours a night without skin breakdown
Patient had full functional range of motion
to R hand and was able to grasp and hold
utensil to self feed with independence

Program Development
Assessments: Goniometry measurement, Modified
Ashworth Scale for muscle tone, Manual muscle
testing, sensation testing, Pain and skin assessments.
Examples of Goals:
Patient will increase left elbow extension by 10 degrees
and have minimal complaints of pain in prep for
orthotic fit and prevent further contracture
Patient will tolerate R resting hand splint x 4 hours
without signs or symptoms of pain or irritation in
order to have increase ability to grasp and hold object
during meals

Program Development
Use of modalities to cause vasodilatation
and relieve pain from muscle spasm. As
well as to increase mobility in the tissues.
Passive, active assisted, Active range of
motion exercises
Splint fabrication and trial use and training
to prevent further contracture and increase
joint flexibility

Program Development
Cognitive Dementia Program
Clinical Nurse and Therapist:
Dementia Specialist, Activities
Department, Dementia
Programmer
MDS Section B, C, D, E: Hearing,
Speech, and vision, Cognitive
patterns, Mood, and Behaviors

Program Development
Strategies for Identifying Cognitive Program:
Interview staff and families to identify change in
resident’s condition such as: Answers questions
inappropriately. Needs assistance finding room
(was able to find previously). Forgets eating meals
/ refuses stating they have already eaten. Taking
food from others tray. Disoriented – needs
constant reminders about person, place, time.
Difficulty communicating needs and wants.

Program Development
Reason for Referral:
Patient has had decrease ability to follow
directions
Patient unable to complete self care task as
is demonstrating frustration when present
with multiple step task of washing,
grooming and dressing

Program Development
Patient was able to self feeding in supervised
dining room with occasional verbal cues for 100%
of meal
Patient was able to gather clothes from closest and
perform sponge bath at sink level with standby
assistance with min verbal cues
Patient was able to convey needs and wants
independently when asked simple questions

Program Development
Assessments: Evaluation to include
formalized assessment to identify
patient’s cognitive ability. For example,
testing will capture patients ability to
follow simple commands, attend to
task, problem solve or remember task.

Cognitive Linguistic Evaluation
Document a recent decline in function
Detail measureable deficits
Potential to learn established:
Ensure that severity of deficits do not
indicate lack of potential
Include cognitive ability
Established why they have the potential to
make gains (“given… potential to make
gains”)

Cognitive Linguistic Evaluation
Relationship to communication further
supports need
Support with formalized assessment:
Include recent neurological changes if
applicable
Establish not a transient change (Delirium,
anesthesia, UTI)
Therapy is not necessary to improve
function where a patient suffers a transient
or easily reversible loss of function.

Program Development
Examples of Goals:
Patient will complete upper body dressing
with visual cue card to instruct one step at
a time with min assistance
Patient will answer basic questions
regarding care needs given a printed cue of
4 choices with 90% accuracy

Program Development
Orient patient to treatment area to increase
awareness with use of visual memory aides
Focus on attention span and ability to
concentrate on task with low stimulus to
heavy stimulus environment
Environmental modifications

Cognitive Linguistic Therapy
Must meet standard documentation
requirements for reimbursement:
Must ensure that documentation
supports potential
Recent onset
“Significant Functional progress” per
most local coverage determinations

Program Development
Dining Rounds

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Clinical Nurse Leader: Hands on Deck
nursing staff
Dietary Specialist: dietician and Dietary
Manager
Clinical Therapist Leader: SLP or OT with
interest in feeding and Dysphagia
treatment
MDS Section K and G: Swallowing/
Nutritional Status and Functional Status

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Strategies to Identify Dining Program:
Perform regularly scheduled Dining Rounds to
identify patient’s who are at risk for weight loss,
has difficulty feeding self, abnormal positioning at
meals. Pt who have difficulty swallowing , signs
and symptoms of Dysphagia including: food
pocketing, choking/coughing, drooling taking
longer time to finish meals, recurrent or slow
resolving respiratory issues

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Strategies to Identify Dining Program:
Increased visibility of the therapy
professionals during meal times
Screen those with alerted diet and
use of adaptive equipment to identify
if still relevant for current use

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Reason for Referral:
Patient has had 10-pound weight loss in
the past 3 month and has little interest in
eating
Patient noted to have increase drooling and
storing food in cheeks while eating regular
diet with think liquids
Patient has increase spillage of food and
beverages while self feeding

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Patient was independent feeding self in
independent dining room with use of one-
handed feeding equipment
Patient tolerated mechanical soft diet with
nectar thick liquids with no overt signs or
symptoms of Dysphagia. Patient requires
minimal verbal cues for 100% intake

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Assessment Tools to consider:
Cognitive leveling assessment tools,
Manual Muscle Test, ROM and
Coordination Testing, Visual and
Perception Testing, Swallowing Exam

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Examples of Goals:
Patient with use rocker knife with non -
affective hand to cut up meat with stand by
assistance
Patient will alternate solid and liquids 90%
accuracy to promote safe swallow with a
pureed diet with min verbal cues
Patient will establish good carryover of clock
method to identify food items on table top to
increase self feeding skills with minimal assist

Program Development
Dining Rounds
Visual and perceptual retraining exercises
to determine ability to identify objects
during meal
Use of adaptive equipment to decrease
spillage and increase ability to self feed

Program Development
Incontinence Management
Clinical Nurse Leader: direct Care Nursing
Staff
Clinical Rehab Leader: Continence
Management Specialist
MDS Section H: Bladder and Bowel

Program Development
Strategies to Identify Continence Management
Program:
Review the MDS ( section H)
Assess current caseload for incontinence, ensure it
is part of the plan of care. Observe for signs of
incontinence example patient having increase
need to use toilet, has increase wetness, using
incontinence products.
Interview direct care staff to see whom they toilet
often or find wet
Review facility reports and quality indicator
reports

Program Development
Patient is noted to have increase wetness
during day and increase frequency using
toilet as compared to 2 weeks ago
Patient has urinary leakage while coughing
or laughing
Patient reports increase urgency to urinate

Program Development
Patient is independent toileting self and
able to anticipate need to urinate and no
leakage noted
Assessment tools to consider:
Comprehensive Incontinence Assessment

Program Development
Examples of Goals:
Patient will decrease urinary incontinence
to 3 incontinence products in a 24 hour
period
Patient will decrease intake of bladder
irritants from 8 cups to 4 cups per day
Patient will increase time between voiding
episodes from 1 hour to 2 hours

Program Development
Treatment Activities
Scheduled voiding or habit training
Bladder retraining for stress, urge or
mixed incontinence
Pelvic muscle exercises
Electrical stimulation
Environmental changes for easier
access to bathroom

Program Development
Falls and Balance

Program Development
Falls and Balance
Clinical Nurse Leader: Risk Manager,
Safety/ Quality assurance Nurse
Clinical Rehab Leader: Falls and balance
specialist
MDS Section J and G: Health conditions
Falls and Functional Limitation Balance

Program Development
Falls and Balance
Strategies to Implement a Falls and Balance
Program:
Review Risk Meeting note and review falls
reports and data
Interview staff to identify who requires more
assistance, who requires frequent redirecting on
transfer and mobility. Identify patients have
increase difficulty with bearing weight,
transferring, ambulating, has changes in vision,
or altered muscle tone.

Program Development
Falls and Balance
Fall
Patient has unsteady gait while ambulating from
room to dining room and has had 2 episodes of
loss of balance in the past week
Patient able to ambulate 35 feet with rolling
walker with min assist x 1 however requiring
increase verbal cues for safety
Patient requires verbal cues for hand placement to
push up to stand and unable to bear weight onto
left leg due to sore on heel

Program Development
Falls and Balance
Patient was able to ambulate 100 feet with
rolling walker with supervision for safety
Patient required mod A x 1 to roll to left
side to get from side-lying to edge of bed
Assessment Tools to consider:
Tinneti’s Test, Berg Test, Functional Reach
test, chair stand test, and 6-minute walk
test

Program Development
Falls and Balance
Examples of Goals:
Patient will decrease left knee pain to 2/10 and
build gross LE strength to 4/5 to focus on
stand pivot transfers
Patient will increase static standing to fair +
with ability to right self with min assist for 1
minute in order to perform standing ADL
tasks
Patient will ambulate 75 feet with CTG A with
rolling walker with slight SOB on exertion and
>90% O2 saturation on 1L via NC

Program Development
Falls and Balance
PREs, Strengthening and balance
programming, analyze gait patterns over
various surfaces, ongoing graded cueing to
improve deviation in weight shift during
swing phase of gait. Functional reach
activities and obstacle course or walk test
programming

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