RE: skilled or not??

[Patricia Whitcomb]

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I'm not a pro & hopefully someone else will help, but I would consider he had used his 5 days presumed coverage while in swing bed unit.  However, if there is something else, like therapy to skill him, you could probably pick him up for skilled care but I think you would have to count the days in swing bed as the first days of benefit period.     Pat Whitcomb, RN MDS Coordinator Madonna Towers 507-288-3911, Ext. 3050 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carrie Henning Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: skilled or not?? We recently admitted a resident from a hospital based swing bed.  He was originally hospitalized for UTI sepsis with confusion and weakness.  He was discharged from therapies due to lack of progress, thus dc'd from swing bed. Is it appropriate to use the baseline 5 day observation period to skill him now that he is with us in LTC or would those 5 days have been utilized by the hospital swing bed?  Any assistance is greatly appreciated.   Carrie Henning, RN, MDS coordinator 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.