Re: Technical question..please help

[Ted Anderson]

Yes you can resume the Medicare. Likewise, if a facility discharges a resident to home after being discharged from skilled therapies and the resident fails at home, the same facility, or a different one, can requalify the resident within 30 days for readmission under medicare.   Another scenario is a patient on Chemotherapy with Cancer. If the doctor writes an order to discharge to home after a 3 day qualifying hospital stay, but anticipates the patient to need an increased level of care in the future (due to nausea, dehabilitation, dehydration, side effects to the chemo, etc...) at a later date, the facility can qualify the resident for that spell of illness...even after the 30 window.   Ted W. Anderson RN [EMAIL PROTECTED]     ----- Original Message ----- From: Hockenberry To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: Technical question..please help A resident had a qualifying hospital stay and admittted to an SNF; after 65 days D/C to hosp (D/C return anticipated); for short stay (no new 3 day hospital stay); then admitted to a different SNF. Resident is still needs skilled care. May resident resume Medicare to use remaining days??OR is the resident no longer eligible for Medicare and why? Thanks!