Our billing office choses not to admit the resident in those circumstances, so I never do a 5d. Really you should admit the resident and do the 5d so you can get paid for that day. Davina
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Debbie Davis Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 5D assessment up to you. if you do the assessment your re-imbursement may be higher for that short time he was there. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 9:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 5D assessment We are hospital base facility, am I right NOT to do a 5D assessment if the patient stayed in our unit for only an hour and he was sent back to acute hospital? Thanks! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply or by telephone and immediately delete this message and any attachments. Call us at (217) 464-2864.
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