I would complete a 5 day MDS under the exception rule that allows facilities to bill even if resident is not in the facilty at Midnight.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Melinda de la Cruz Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TPN Medicare patient We admitted this morning a TPN Medicare patient but she expired 1 hour after admission. Should we do a 5 day Medicare MDS and bill medicare for today? We already requested from the pharmacy all TPN supplies. ===== *******CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and solely for the use of the person (s) or entity to whom it is intended. If you have received this message in error and are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and any attachment from your system. Please be advised that any use of this message is prohibited and may be unlawful, and you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
