But she would have to have a 60 day
wellness period before the hospital stay. Yes, the hospital stay would start a
new benefit period but the 60 days of wellness would have to precede that. The
iv’s would be skilled level of care.
Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C
MDS Coordinator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Holly Sox, RN,
RAC-C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004
11:34 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:
If she had 60 consecutive days of
"wellness" PRIOR to the IV insertion, would she not have ended
the prior benefit period? Then, the 3 night qualifying stay would begin a
new benefit period. I didn't see anything indicating she had not ended a
previous benefit period.
Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C
Clinical Editor
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday,
February 24, 2004 11:38 AM
You count wellness periods from one covered stay to
the next (your count
starts at the end of one benefit period and goes through to the next
hospitalization). Any skilling service during that time frames
interrupts the wellness period so your 60 days of wellness would have
ended when you started the IV's in the facility. If this had not been
done and she had been admitted to the hospital, then she would have
qualified for a new benefit period.
Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C
MDS Coordinator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carol O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE:
Why wouldn't she have a wellness period prior to the IV insertion?
>From: "Brenda Chance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:48:12 -0500
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>You are correct. She will not meet the 60 day wellness related to her
>having been given IV's prior to hospital admit.
>
>Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C
>MDS Coordinator
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lorraine Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:27 PM
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>Subject:
>
>A resident has been in my facility for years, on medicaid. recentlyshe
>became ill, and was placed on IV therapy for a few days before going to
>the
>hospital. she did have a 3 day stay there. my question is- once she
>returned, do I put her on Med A? I am thinking no since she had skilled
>care
>the last few days before she left our facility, therefore does not meet
>the
>60 days of unskilled care criterial.
>Please advise and thanks!
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