assessed, evaluated, treated, had a plan for follow-up care that was discussed between the physician, the nurse, the patient and the family, and was discharged appropriately. |
Despite those solid gains, improvement haven't come as far and fast as we would have liked, and the achievement gains remains disturbing. |
I found out this morning at 7:45 when I was called, |
Then, when they re-surveyed in July, they came up with a new case unrelated to the investigation and that's what they based this decision on, |
They just feel that we discharged someone in an unstable condition. And we dispute that because this was an ER doctor decision, |
This is an extreme action based on a case that was not even identified in their original complaint, |
This just doesn't happen very often, |
We did receive a notice yesterday ... terminating our involvement in the program, a notice of intent to terminate our involvement in Medicare, which of course is of concern to us, |
We felt we discharged this patient in a stable condition, and a surveyor, reviewer, thought differently, |
We're going to try to work this out; it is new territory for us, but right now we want to ensure people we are going to be in business and taking care of them, |
You'll find some heartening and some sobering conclusions. |