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It's all about what kinda insurance coverage you have. Last time my mom was in the hospital they kept her for 2 weeks. Checking this, checking that. I get it, she's old. But asking one of my wifes friends who is an RN she mentioned about having real good insurance so they ran tests for everything knowing they were gonna get paid. Made sense after I thought about it.
This happened to my mom, my dad, and also my friends mom. Dismiss them to soon. My moms case was a colon blockage, my dad dehydration and problem with meds, and my friends mom a heart attack. All had episodes and needed to go back. When my husband went to the hospital per the dr request because his WBC was high and they thought he had pneumonia (which he didn’t) they gave him the option to admit him. We ended up not staying and he was fine. So for people on Medicare they don’t want to admit but people who will have to pay a ton of money that insurance doesn’t cover....they want you to stay.
Might be bc medicare tells hospitals you have X number of days to cure this patient and after that, we quit paying.
Our local hospital has visiting nurses come out right after discharge. They come in daily to check on you and it is Medicare covered. They are very good about this. My mother-in-law was discharged and staying with us. The visiting nurse went over to her house on a Sunday evening and she did not answer the door (because she was at our house). The nurse found our address, which is 6 miles from town and drove out. Our gate was shut and she climbed the fence and walked to the house and rang the doorbell. She said she always pursues making contact right after discharge because she has found many people on the floor in dire need of help. She came out daily for 2 weeks. They do an assessment and figure out if you need any rehab help. If you do, they have a person come out to the house. They check vitals and make sure you are doing okay.
Medicare now pays for transitional care management and the hospital gets reimbursed for calling and checking on people after discharge. They have every incentive to do this because if their readmission rate is too high, they get dinged on their Medicare payments.
Hospitals want to release patients as soon as reasonable safe as its often best for the patient but also don’t want readmission because Medicare and other insurance companies are now saying they won’t pay for readmissions if it could have been addressed on the initial stay.
Our local hospital has visiting nurses come out right after discharge. They come in daily to check on you and it is Medicare covered. They are very good about this. My mother-in-law was discharged and staying with us. The visiting nurse went over to her house on a Sunday evening and she did not answer the door (because she was at our house). The nurse found our address, which is 6 miles from town and drove out. Our gate was shut and she climbed the fence and walked to the house and rang the doorbell. She said she always pursues making contact right after discharge because she has found many people on the floor in dire need of help. She came out daily for 2 weeks. They do an assessment and figure out if you need any rehab help. If you do, they have a person come out to the house. They check vitals and make sure you are doing okay.
Medicare now pays for transitional care management and the hospital gets reimbursed for calling and checking on people after discharge. They have every incentive to do this because if their readmission rate is too high, they get dinged on their Medicare payments.
That has been the case for decades and it’s not hospital specific. Medicare covers home care or subacute rehab after a three day hospitalization.
Smarty pants.
My hit and run posting might have been done under the influence...pui as it were.
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