technically, there is no limit to the time frame in the "MDS world". I have had this happen before, and did not do a new admission. Did a re-entry form since the last MDS was D07, then completed a significant change MDS, new care plan, etc., copied the last 15 months of MDS from the previous admission, and went on.
>From: Suzanne Holko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: readmission time frames
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:31:38 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I dc someone return anticipated to the hosp. They go home from there. Two months later they come back to me (after another hosp stay). I would do a readmission since I anticipated there return originally? I don't know why this confuses me. But it does.
>Suzanne
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 4/22/2004 7:09:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I appreciate the clarification on the Med A/OBRA assessments. Quite good news. But this brought up another question from my MDS nurses. What is the time frame for doing return/readmission assessments rather than starting over with admission assessments? Is it weeks, months?
>Thanks
>Suzanne
>
>
>My understanding is you don't ever do another admission assessment unless the resident was discharged "return not anticipated," and then returns later.
>J. Martin, RN
>MDS Coordinator
>
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