Admission And Discharge Ends: A Case Study

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Admission and discharge dates are used to bill for a patient stay. There are certain rules which apply to the to determining the LOS or ALOS for a patient. Acute care facilities have an ALOS of less than 30 days and long care facilities provide care for long than 30 days. In addition to determining LOS if a patient I readmitted for the same diagnosis within 72 hours “requires all diagnostic or outpatient services rendered during the DRG payment window (the day of and three calendar days prior to the inpatient admission) to be bundled with the inpatient services for Medicare billing ()” Capturing the accurate data and ensuring it flow accurately for coding and billing to process smoothly. Due to the numerous services that are provided through

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