It's correct, 2/1/04 would be the first day of the next benefit period because that's when Medicare Part A started to be used again.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Wiedemann, Betty R
Sent: Thu 3/25/2004 1:21 PM
To: List Server (E-mail)
Subject: counting skilled days
We had a rt. in our facility who was skilled. Skilled serviced were d/c'd
12/10/03 was admitted to the hospital 2/1/04 and returned to us 3/8/04.
Our billing office has advised me that the 2/1/04 date is the one to be used
as returning to skilled services. I have never run into this before and
wanted to check. It is a matter of having another 100 days or not.
Appreciate feed back.
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