These IVs are not excluded and the faciolity would be responsible for the IV antibiotics and transportation arrangement/ ambulance.
--- "Onken, Julia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When we have this occur, (rarely) the resident is > billed as an > outpatient through the hospital for the services > that they provide, > including the medications, solutions, etc. The > hospital should be able > to bill Medicare for these services, just like they > would if the patient > lived at home. We also do no Medicare billed > services, so medicare > payment is not a concern for us. > Our facility does not do skilled care at all, (not > even the cares to the > Hickman Port) so all skilled, outpatient, and acute > services are done > through the hospital. They do their own record and > billing. > Julia A. Onken, R.N. LTC Nurse Manager > Goshen Care Center > 2009 Laramie Street > Torrington, WY 82240 > Phone (307) 532-4038 ex. 3044 > Fax (307) 532-3800 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jamie Morris, RN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MCR A resident who leaves facility for IV > meds... > > > > > > > > We have a resident who was discharged during a MCR > stay to the > hospital for arm surgery. She was out for 2 days. > She now has returned > but will be leaving the facility every day to return > to the hospital for > IV medications (she has a Hickman port and we do not > do any IV therapy > here). This will last for 30 days. We wonder (our > MDS office & our > billing office) how the IV meds. will be paid for... > will we (the > facility) be paying for this out of her per diem? > > ===== Marie A. King, RN-CS,Cm,CNS,MSN, RAC-C, NHA King & Associates, Inc 2007 Old Montgomery Hwy, Ste.B Birmingham, AL 35244-2079 (205)988-4222<vbr>FAX (205)988-4101 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
