Attends and footies and daily care itemssuch as soap and oral care items should be supplied.Wound dressings can be billed under Medicare B if in LTC but I'm not sure how it is done in SNF. I almost think it is included as well. Specialty cushions your therapies manager should know this one.
-----Original Message----- From: Debbie Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: billing question This may be the wrong group to ask but here goes. We are having some discussion on billing clients for supplies used that are not specifically listed under consolidated billing. We are a small SNF that deals with short term medicare clients exclusively. Recently it was noted that we are using a lot of supplies that are not billed: dressings, "attends", footies with treads for walking, oral care supplies when families don't bring them in, specialty mattresses or chair cushions, etc. We have reviewed our manuals and cannot find a conclusive resource regarding this. Can someone help: Is it permissable to bill the client for this type of supplies? If YES, please include a resource I can use for verification Thank you DDavis RN MDS-C SMH SCU 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/ This message is intended for the sole use of the individual to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete this message. /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
