Resident days

1. A resident day is any day for which service is provided or for which payment is ordinarily sought for use of a bed. The amount of remuneration has no bearing on whether a day should be counted. 2. Adequate census records must be prepared and maintained on a daily basis by the facility to allow for proper audit of the census data. The daily census records must include: a. Identification of the resident; b. Entries for all days, and not just by exception; c. Identification of type of day, i.e., hospital, in-house; d. Identification of the resident's classification; and e. Monthly totals by resident, by classifications for all residents, and by type of day. 3. A maximum of fifteen days per occurrence may be allowed for payment by the medical assistance program for hospital leave. The payment rate for allowed hospital leave days may not exceed the established rate for group PA1 under the reduced physical functioning category. Hospital days in excess of fifteen consecutive days not billable to the medical assistance program are not resident days unless any payment is sought as provided for in subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 75-02-06-22. 4. A maximum of twenty-four therapeutic leave days per individual per rate year may be allowed for payment by the medical assistance program. The payment rate for allowed therapeutic leave days may not exceed the established rate for group PA1 under the reduced physical functioning category. Therapeutic leave days in excess of twenty-four per year are not resident days unless any payment is sought as provided for in subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 75-02-06-22. 5. Institutional leave days are not billable to the department and are not resident days unless any payment is sought as provided for in subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 75-02-06-22. 6. Hospital and therapeutic leave days, occurring immediately following a period when a resident was receiving Medicare part A benefits in the facility, are not billable to the department and are not resident days unless any payment is sought as provided for in subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 75-02-06-22. 7. Residents admitted to the facility through a hospice program or electing hospice benefits while in a facility must be identified as hospice residents for billing purposes.