What service date do we report if an ED patient came in on May 23rd, stayed overnight, and was dismissed on May 24th?
• A. The service date is the start of care. Care began on May 23rd and ended on May 24th. In billing, there are terms like “From Date” and “To Date”. The start of care would be considered the “From Date” for billing. This will be more important to remember when you submit a quarterly report. For example, if you submit a Jan-Mar report, it should contain service dates of January 1 through March 31. For Jan-Mar report period, do not submit an ED record showing a service date of April 1. Instead this record will go into the next report period for April-June.
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