RE: Leave of absence

[Janice Modugno]

I have been reading the response to this issue, need to add my 2 cents..when a med. A resident goes out overnight and medicare can"t be billed for that day, how does the facility get paid for the day if the resident is private..... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Leave of absence In a message dated 4/20/2004 4:02:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have always been told at any seminar or training that we have taken,  that if a Medicare Part A resident was out of the building for any purpose at Midnight they must be discharged from the facility. Huh? No.