Hi. You may want to be sure that your Privacy Officer has approved the MEDICARE sticker on the spine of the resident's chart....the dots are okay, do not think the word MEDICARE is... If the sticker said something like "document" or "q shift" that would be okay, too, but not the payment source...
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:10:06 -0400 "Wiedemann, Betty R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Our charts have MEDICARE stickers and a charting form in the record. > The Rt > name is on 24 hr report. occationally it will slip through the > cracks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 7:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Medicare Documentation and Agency Nurses > > > > WE USE A DOT SYSTEM RED FOR SKILLED CHARTING WITH NOTES IN THE > CHART TO > HELP THE NURSES KNOW WHY THE RESIDENT WAS SKILLED, BLUE DOT FOR SOME > THING > WE ARE WATCHING SUCH AS BEHAVIORS, FALLS,; YELLOW DOT FOR > INFECTIONS, GREEN > FOR HOSPICE DOTS ARE PLACED ON THE BINDING OF THE CHART. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Medicare Documentation and Agency Nurses > > > > Hello All, > > > > We are having a little problem in our facility with the agency and > PRN > staff. > > > > How do let the nurses know who to document on? What kind of tools > do you > use? > > > > If I was agency in your facility how would I know who is Medicare? > > > > You can email me privately if you wish. > > > > Thanks!!!!!! > > > > IrishRNAC @aol.com > > > > > > /---------------------------------------------------------- > The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the > American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators > "Committed to the Assessment Professional" > Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your > questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. > For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org > -----------------------------------------------------------/ > > To admit you were wrong is to declare you are wiser now than before. --Unknown /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
