Hi. Your patient was off Medicare for greater than 30 days but had a 3-day qualifying (check on this to make sure the time in the hospital was as an inpatient) hospital stay within 60 days. If she is now back with orders and skilling services then she is eligible to use any remaining days she has from the prior benefit period. Here is the decision tree FYI --(see second page, far right) Winona Phelps, RN
-----Original Message----- From: Sue Junot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 12:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: return from hospital patient was d/c from medicare a 3-5-04, went to the hospital 4-8-04 and came back 4-13-04,,, Can I put her back on medicare part A . _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
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