Why would you not bill anyone for the services and supplies used in this situation? Whether private pay/med A/ whatever? More than likely this type of resident/patient is very sick and requires intensive nursing care, IVs, O2, etc.
Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C Clinical Editor, Careplans.com www.careplans.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:09 PM Subject: Admission/dc same day > Rena,why would my billing office tell me that it is more trouble than it is worth to bill in this situation.Is there some special way that it is done or do we not do it because we would have to for all payor classes.The boss in our billing dept always tell me,what we do for med a we must do for all payor classes.I don't believe we would bill a private patient who came in and died or transferred the same day.Alot of our med a patients come late in the day[even at supper time]we take that day not the hospital. > > /---------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -----------------------------------------------------------/ > /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
