If
they are not at another skilled institution, i.e. a hospital or other nursing
home, then you would simply not bill the days they were not there and
document the LOA, no discharge or restart to the Medicare schedule would be
required. If they go out to the hospital and are admitted or are gone 24 hours,
then they are discharged, the day not billed and the Medicare schedule restarted
with a readmission. This was clarified in the 1999 Final Rule on LOA's and
discharges. CKroll
-----Original Message-----Can someone pls tell me what to do when a Medicare person went out on pass/therapeutic bedhold and they were out for 3-4 days (went home for Thanksgiving). Theyre both on PT?OT. Do I have to discharge them right away? Thank you.
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