Re: Discharge and readmit on the same day

[carol maher]

If the resident was actually admitted to the hospital, you are required to do a discharge tracking form.  If the initial assessment was completed the appropriate form would be AA8a=7. Then , if the resident was actually admitted, you will need to restart your PPS schedule with a Medicare readmission/return assessment. pagre 2-38 states " If a Medicare resident is admitted to an acute care facility and later returns to the SnF, the Medicare assessment schedule is restarted with the Medicare REadmission/Return assessment followed by the 14day, " etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:57 PM Subject: Discharge and readmit on the same day This past weekend one of our residents was sent to our local hospital and was admitted in the early morning hours for GI bleed.  The resident was put into a bed at the hospital and kept there until late afternoon, about 13 hours later.  The hospital is billing for that day.  Do we have to do a discharge tracker, reentry tracker, readmission orders and start a new Medicare schedule?