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If the payer source changes, do we have to do a discharge?

Q: When a current patient has a payer change to Medicare, we have to discharge the old payer and do a new start of care with Medicare as the payer. Is a discharge OASIS required for the first admission? We aren’t really discharging the patient, only the payer. A: If the initial payer is Medicare, [...]

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