Pub 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing: Modifications to the Common Working File (CWF) Interrupted Stay Edits for Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Claims for Discharges to an Acute Care Hospital
Guidance that modifies Common Working File edits to correctly count the number of days applicable to interrupted stays (i.e., Medicare inpatient is discharged from a LTCH to an acute care hospital, and is readmitted to the same LTCH within a specified period of time) to allow for two separate payments when the patient returns to the same LTCH after the applicable fixed-day threshold.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 21, 2006
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