Patient was seen 3 years to the date. Does this keep them established or make them new? I'm thinking established since technically the business day was not over????
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- Thread starter Lynda Wetter
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plarabee
Networker
I agree - I would consider this an established patient.
Karolina
Guru
I agree as well - since this is the last day of the 3-year timeframe it falls "within the last 3 years".
If the patient were scheduled a day later, that would be a new patient, as the 3-year timeframe had expired a day ago, but that is not the case.
If the patient were scheduled a day later, that would be a new patient, as the 3-year timeframe had expired a day ago, but that is not the case.