Hi all,
My father is a nursing home resident. He is going to be transferred to another nursing home that is closer to the family. The nursing home wants the family to pay for the ambulance service or else my father will not be transferred to the new nursing home. We asked for them to submit the bill to his insurance company but they said it doesn't work that way. Are ambulance and/or ambulette services covered through insurance (Medicaid Managed Long Term Care and Medicare) when nursing home resident gets discharged from one nursing home to transfer to another nursing home? He lives in the state of NY and one thing I know for sure is that Medicaid definitely pays for transportation when the member has a medical appointment and needs to go to a doctor/hospital.
Thank you for reading, all responses are greatly appreciated.
I am not sure there would be a code to bill for that. If a facility doesn’t have an ICD10 code or a CPT code to bill for a medically justifiable expense, they won’t bill because they won’t get paid. Thus why I do not think his current nursing home will assume responsibility for payment as they may not get their money back. Why should they, when you think of it? It’s a voluntary transfer.
Family could do the transport at no cost other than gas, time and lodging if necessary.
Since this move is to be closer to family, I wonder where is he and where will be be going? What is the distance that he will be moving?
A few years ago my mother had an appointment with a dentist literally across the street from the nursing home. My sister and I got her into her wheelchair and pushed it the few hundred feet to the dentist!
Don't expect to get them to pay for any out of state transfer.(You did not specify if that was the case or not)
Just like a spoiled child that isn't getting their way.
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