I had advised them they would not need a discharge and/or reentry...I should have removed that from the email.....I just didn't know if changing the payer type from Medicare to private (for the family to pay bedhold) in essence discharged the resident from Medicare.
carol maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
carol maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since your resident was out less than 24 hours and not admitted to the hospital you would not do a discharge tracking form. The Medicare cycle would NOT start over. Page 2-38 of the manual under "Resident is admitted to an Acute Care Facility and Returns : "If a resident is out of the facility over a midnight, but for less than 24 horus, and is not admitted, the Medicare assessment schedule is not restarted......The day receding the midnight is not a covered Par A day and therefore, the Medicare assessment "clock" is admusted by skipping that day in calculating when the next Medicare assessment is due."----- Original Message -----From: MDS LadyTo: MDS GroupSent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:55 AMSubject: LOA vs bedholdI have been asked to pass this question on to the group....."Medicare resident went to hospital was not admitted and gone less than 24 hours so it would be a LOA day. However the family paid bedhold so billing changed the payer type to private for the one day.....since the A/R type was changed do we need to do a dc and reentry and start the Medicare schedule over or does the A/R type effect the LOA at all?"Thx in advance!
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