Analyzing RUGsII and RUGsIII scores for Medicare residents.

August 15, 1996

Your accountant may have requested that your facility run reports to help him analyze your RUGsII and RUGsIII Medicare scores.

===> The RUGsII scores are produced as follows:

From any menu type PRRUGA or GM,3,1,1,4,3 (ENTER)

                            PRINT RUG ANALYSIS REPORT


    From Unit/Room (UU-RRRRR):             To Unit/Room (UU-RRRRR): ZZ-9999Z

    From Date: 04/01/96* (SEE NOTE BELOW)  To Date: 06/30/96*

    Billing Types: 2                       PRI Types (Enter 'Y' to Choose Type)
        1 - Medicaid                           1 - Biannual Full Facility   Y
        2 - Medicare                           2 - Quarterly New Admission  Y
        3 - Other                          UR  3 - Admission Review         N
        A - All Billing Types                  4 - Continued Stay Review    N
                                               5 - Discharge                N

    Print Option: S                         PRI Discharges                  N
    

* Note: The dates specified above should span 3 months and include your last full-house assessment.

===> The RUGsIII scores are produces as follows:

From any menu type MCWEIGHT or GM,3,4,9,2 (ENTER)

                          - WEIGHTED MEDICARE SCORES -

       Patient Id  : A                     To Id  : ZZ

       From Room   :                       To Room: ZZ-99999

       Date Range  : 04/01/96  -  06/30/96* (SEE NOTE BELOW)
                                                      Types
                                         Clinical: N Medicaid: N Medicare: Y
     Reasons
     1 Initial admission Assessment: Y
     2 Hospital/Medicare Assessment: Y
     3 Readmission Assessment      : Y
     4 Annual Assessment           : Y
     5 Significant Change in Status: Y               Page Break
     6 Quarterly Review            : Y    Patient/Unit(' '/P/U): 
     7 Medicare Review             : Y    Lines per page       : 84
     * MDS+ Discharges             : N    Laser = 84 Band = 66  Print Option: S

* Note: Use the same range of dates that you specified in program PRRUGA above.

Please be aware that the PRRUGA report is not weighted while MCWEIGHT is.

Sincerely yours,

Client Service, Reliable Health Systems, Inc.