Here is your answer, from the "FAQ" (Frequently Asked Question) list on the AANAC website. If you are a member you can find it at this address.
| From the Medicare SNF Manual (Pub 12) �517.9B [Editor�s Note: provision has been in effect since 1992]: �The exception to the general rule of not charging a utilization day for the day of discharge, death, or day beginning a leave of absence is where the patient is admitted with the expectation that he will remain overnight but is discharged, dies, or is transferred to a nonparticipating provider or a nonparticipating distinct part of the same provider before midnight of the same day. In these instances, such a day counts as a utilization day. This exception includes the situation where the beneficiary was admitted (with the exception that he would remain overnight) on either the first day of his entitlement or the provider's first day of participation, and on the same day he was discharged, died, or transferred to a nonparticipating provider.� |
| Answer provided by: NAC News Q&A's March 20, 2001 |
claudia farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If someone could guide me to where I can find out/print info if a resident comes in and dies the same day. My administrator states that Medicare will not pay for this. Just had this happen, didn't include iv's, therapy and came out w/a SSE rug. I know we had this discussion a couple of days ago, wish I had remembered the sites-all info now. Thank you
Claudia
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Caroline Larson, RN, MS, RAC-C
MDS/PRI Coordinator
Fairport Baptist Homes, Fairport, NY 14450
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