RE: Medicare Beds

[Brenda Chance]

Title: Medicare Beds

Yes, just because a bed is medicare a certified does not mean that it has to have a resident that is receiving medicare a.  we have 37 medicare a beds now and only have 4 residents on medicare a.  A bed being certified only means that if a resident needs medicare a services then this resident must be in a certified bed to do so.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: Angie Palac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 7:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Medicare Beds   An 80 bed facility has 16 Medicare certified beds and 6 Medicaid certified beds.  All the rest are private. They have a resident who has completed Medicare A days, but there is no place to transfer this resident since all beds are full.  Can this non Medicare resident stay in the Med A bed and pay privately until a private bed is available? Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks again. Angie