We set the ARD for no earlier than day 3 after admission. The first med a assessment drives payment for 14 days no matter when you set the "admission" assessment ARD. Your business office practices may be costing you money. Just because they were admitted in April does not mean there is ANY reason to BILL for April - especially since you don't get PAID for the day of admission!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: End-of-the-month MedA admissions Question for the group: If you have a new MedA resident admitted in the last day or two of the month, how do you schedule their assessments? My billing office insists that I set an ARD nlt the last day of the month and complete the assessment nlt the 3rd working day of the month so they can bill. Scenario: resident is admitted at 5 p.m. Friday, the last day of the month. I set the ARD for the day of admission, therapy does not see her over the weekend, so I will take projected minutes for the 5 day and make the 14 day the admission assessment. Since we can't project for higher than an RH, we may be cheating ourselves out of money for the first fourteen days. Is this how everyone else does it? It seems ridiculous to try to do an assessment on seven hours worth of observation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You may e-mail me privately if you wish. Thanks, Renie /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ 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. /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
