Re: End-of-the-month MedA admissions

[JEMartin6452]

In a message dated 5/3/2004 2:28:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 I set the ARD for day 4 or 5 and billing goes out when I submit them.  I submit them as soon as they are done.   Janice Martin, RN MDS Coordinator [EMAIL PROTECTED]