Section 17b-262-306 - Bed reserve for hospitalization(a) DSS shall pay to reserve a bed in an ICF/MR for a client during a temporary absence in a hospital for up to fifteen (15) days in accordance with subsection (e) of this section.(b) The ICF/MR shall inform the client and guardian or other responsible person, upon admission to the ICF/MR and upon transfer of a client to the hospital, that the bed of a client shall be reserved if the conditions outlined in this section are met.(c) The ICF/MR shall reserve the bed of any client who is absent from the ICF/MR due to hospitalization unless the ICF/MR has obtained objective information from the hospital that the client shall not return to the ICF/MR within the fifteen day period, including the day of admission, to the hospital.(d) The ICF/MR shall not make the reserved bed available for use by any other person.(e) DSS shall reimburse an ICF/MR at the per diem Connecticut Medicaid program rate of the ICF/MR for each day that the ICF/MR reserves the bed of a client in accordance with the following conditions: (1) an ICF/MR shall be reimbursed for reserving the bed of a client who is hospitalized for a maximum of seven (7) days including the admission date of hospitalization, if on the date of admission the ICF/MR documents that it contacted the hospital and the hospital failed to provide objective information confirming that the person would be unable to return to the ICF/MR within fifteen (15) days of the date of hospitalization;(2) the ICF/MR shall be reimbursed for a maximum of eight (8) additional days provided on or before the seventh day, but not before the third day of the hospitalization of a client, the ICF/MR contacts the hospital for an update on the client's status and the ICF/MR documents in the client's file that the information obtained through the contact does not indicate that the client shall be unable to return to the ICF/MR within fifteen (15) days of the hospital admission;(3) documentation of the hospital contact described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall include the date of the contact, the hospital representative's name, the source of the information and the estimated length of stay;(4) if at any time the ICF/MR is provided with information from the hospital that the client shall not return to the ICF/MR within fifteen (15) days of the hospital admission, the ICF/MR is not eligible to receive reimbursement for reserving the client's bed for any days after such information is received, including the day the information is received; and(5) for the purposes of determining the beginning of the bed reservation period, admission to the hospital shall mean the time at which the client, on recommendation of a physician, is formally admitted as an inpatient to the hospital. When a client is transferred to the hospital and is not formally admitted, it shall not be considered a discharge, regardless of the length of the stay. It shall be considered a discharge from the ICF/MR only when the client is formally admitted by the hospital. Any other hospital stay, whether in the emergency room or otherwise shall be considered an outpatient visit.(f) If the client's hospitalization exceeds the period of time that an ICF/MR is required to reserve the client's bed, the ICF/MR:(1) shall provide the client the first available bed at the time notice is received of the client's discharge from the hospital;(2) shall grant the client priority admission over applicants for new admission to the ICF/MR; and(3) may charge a fee to reserve the bed if the client, his or her family or responsible party wishes to pay to reserve the bed. For hospital leave beyond fifteen (15) days per hospital admission, the facility shall reserve the bed as long as payment is available. The fee shall not exceed the per diem Connecticut Medicaid program rate for that bed.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17b-262-306
Adopted effective October 1, 2001