Comments on: Spot Light: Rehabilitation/Restorative Nursing: Differences http://nursingassistants.net/2008/03/24/spot-light-rehabilitationrestorative-nursing-differences/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt Sevier http://nursingassistants.net/2008/03/24/spot-light-rehabilitationrestorative-nursing-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-39207 Matt Sevier Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:04:20 +0000 http://nursingassistants.net/2008/03/24/spot-light-rehabilitationrestorative-nursing-differences/#comment-39207 Great article. One important issue you left it is the financial implications -- that restorative nursing is reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid. Receiving restorative services as well as the resident's ADL score from the MDS is used to determine the appropriate reimbursement rate. Restorative nursing can also be considered a rehabilitation service under Medicare part A if two or more restorative activities are conducted daily for at least 6 days a week. There are no legal requirements for the presence of restorative nursing within a nursing home, per se, but the facility is required to prevent unavoidable declines in residents and this needs to be accomplished by providing restorative nursing. Great article. One important issue you left it is the financial implications — that restorative nursing is reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid. Receiving restorative services as well as the resident’s ADL score from the MDS is used to determine the appropriate reimbursement rate. Restorative nursing can also be considered a rehabilitation service under Medicare part A if two or more restorative activities are conducted daily for at least 6 days a week.

There are no legal requirements for the presence of restorative nursing within a nursing home, per se, but the facility is required to prevent unavoidable declines in residents and this needs to be accomplished by providing restorative nursing.

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