carol maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That is one that is difficult to answer without all the facts. To pick the resident up again , she would need to require skilled services related to a condition that was treated in the acute care hospital during the 3 day qualifying stay or that developed while on skilled services at the SNF. She went for a psych admission and has now declined. It would be hard to prove that the deconditioning now was related to the original hospitalization. Since therapy ended before she went for the psych admission, it seems that the decline was due to the psych problem and not the original illness. Hard one to determine.----- Original Message -----From: Jamie Morris, RNSent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:15 AMSubject: Fw: Placing back on MCR after taking off...Anyone have any thoughts on the question below? Billing is asking me to let them know ASAP...Thanks!----- Original Message -----From: Jamie Morris, RNSent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:28 AMSubject: Placing back on MCR after taking off...We have a resident whose last MCR day was 01/21/04. On 01/22/04 she was d/c'd to a psych. hospital. Upon return she was not skilled. Now therapy has picked her up to treat 5x/week x 2 weeks for ther. ex., gait training... etc. The 3 day stay that began the benefit period was due to pneumonia (which caused the sickness that led to the weakness that led to the therapy - I hope that sentence makes sense). So, can she be skilled again? And if so, is it an option or a requirement that she be returned to MCR (not that I do not want to place back on MCR, but I am wondering for if the situation comes up again). She has approx. 92 days left.
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