RE: Discharge planning

[Patricia Whitcomb]

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This is not a legitimate thing to do.  If the resident becomes unskilled, she or her family are notified of this as well as when first non-covered day will be.  However, this is discussed in our weekly Medicare meetings & the social worker attends, so she has a heads up on when she needs to arrange a discharge meeting with the family.  There are cases where the family/resident decided to stay extra days for whatever reason.     Pat Whitcomb, RN    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Discharge planning It was always my understanding that discharge planning starts on the day of admission.  It seems to me that discharge planning is key to therapy plans, assessment scheduling, etc.  Lately I have gotten more than one request from a Social Worker to skill a resident for an extra day or two for "discharge planning" after Therapy discontinues and there is no further skilled need.  Just wondering if this is legitimate to do - as it has happened we have not had to implement it because the residents discharged sooner than expected but I am not sure what I am to do if it becomes a real situation.  Advice? This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. As required by HIPAA you need to hold this information as privileged and confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments.