Therapy screens?

Per regulations the therapist have 72 hours to do the screen or the facility/therapy company are subject to deficiencies by the state survey agencies. If you are having this much difficulty, talk to your Director of Nursing, if this is a dead end, talk to your Administrator. I don't think they would like to shell out money for CMP's because of a therapist who didn't do their job efficiently.

Is is a therapy eval ordered by the doc or just you requesting that they screen? If it's an actual doctor's order, our therapy dept does it within 48 hours. If I request a screen because I think the pt may benefit from therapy, it might take a bit longer. I LOVE our therapists...they work great with my boss and I to get the highest RUG levels, CMI's appropriate to the pts.