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It is my understanding that if someone has the 3-night qualifing stay then they can be brought in on medicare through the 5 day completion in order to assess the resident and see if they meet the rest of the medicare skilled service criteria. Also if you have a strong OT department, then they can pick up in order to design a functional maintence program for the resident so there will be less chance of ADL decline as some CNA's just do everything for the resident instead of making the resident do for themselves. Wish my OT at current facility could understand this concept.Davina DeMerritt, RNFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/11/14 Fri PM 12:41:39 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: skilled determination question Hi I have a biller that states even if when a resident is admitted from a hosp and meets the criteria of 3 midnight stays, has zero IV's, zero therapies only generalized serives that we must pick them up for at least five days. Is this true ? She thinks this because she said the OIG thinks this way? There rug scores are low. thanks nancy/---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
