MDS Alert
What Do You Think?
Published on Wed Jun 30, 2004
Question: Can a SNF insist a resident receive oncology radiation therapy in an outpatient hospital setting (so it's excluded from the PPS rate) if the resident wants to get the therapy in a freestanding center nearer his family or for other reasons?
Answer: See the answer in the September MDS Alert.
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