The 60 day consecutive period of
wellness precedes the benefit period. If that was the case, you could
certainly cover almost anybody at one point or another.
Brenda W. Chance,
RN, RAC-C
MDS
Coordinator
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From: Faye Jones
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24,
2004 1:21 PM
To:
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Subject: RE:
This is
my understanding also. Once a resident is d/c from Medicare A as long as
there is 60 consecutive days of wellness that can be documented, the resident
qualifies for a new spell of illness, new benefit period of 100 days.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Holly Sox, RN,
RAC-C
Sent: Tuesday, February
24, 2004 11:34 AM
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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
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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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From: Carol O'Brien
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24,
2004 8:47 AM
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Subject: RE:
Why
wouldn't she have a wellness period prior to the IV
insertion?
>From: "Brenda Chance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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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>From: Lorraine Schwartz
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>Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:27
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>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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