RE: End-of-the-month MedA admissions

[Debbie Settle]

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This may be one of those occasions when you have to go to the Administrator and plead your case, especially if you go armed with the $$$$$ info....... or the potential of loosing lots of $$$$$ for just the reason you stated. Good Luck!!!! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of CAROLYN ORTTEL Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: End-of-the-month MedA admissions Our billing office will bil the majority closed by the end of the month and do interim billing as the others close so we can maximize on therapy.  >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/03/04 01:26PM >>> 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/     The information transmitted in this e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material, including �protected health information.�  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this communication in error, please destroy and delete this message from any computer and contact us immediately by return e-mail. <<<<P.H.I.>>>>