After the referral information is entered, if you find out that the referral will not be admitted, then complete these steps:
- Pull up the patient from the Select Patient screen.
- Click the Referral button from the main menu then select the Payers tab.
- Select the payer and check the Discharged box.
- Use the calendar drop down box to select a discharge date.
- Choose the reason of why the patient was not admitted from the Discharge Reason drop-down box.
- Click the Save Payer button. Note that if the patient has a schedule built, a pop up may appear asking if you want to remove the schedules.
- The Referral Information tab will automatically get updated to a discharge reason. You can change the reason if needed.
- The admit types numbered from 70-99 are used to indicate the reason that this referral was never admitted.
- Click the Save All Patient Data button. The referral has now been changed to not admitted.
*Note: Most accurate date for discharge to use is the date patient refused. Make sure the patient status and admit type reflects not admitted.