Please help with this scenario as presented to me by a collegue:
Night float resident sees the patient late evening and does an H&P for the admission, The teaching faculty physician receives sign out and sees the patient with his/her team of residents in the morning and decides that the patient is able to be discharged. Can the physician still bill a same day admit/discharge because they did review the findings and see the patient in the morning with the new team of residents and the physician did sign off on the resident's dictation of the H&P? Or can they only bill for the discharge because they didn't see the patient with the night float resident.
Night float resident sees the patient late evening and does an H&P for the admission, The teaching faculty physician receives sign out and sees the patient with his/her team of residents in the morning and decides that the patient is able to be discharged. Can the physician still bill a same day admit/discharge because they did review the findings and see the patient in the morning with the new team of residents and the physician did sign off on the resident's dictation of the H&P? Or can they only bill for the discharge because they didn't see the patient with the night float resident.