Medicare's guidelines state that hospitals must record start and stop times for all IV infusion/injection in order to bill the time charge appropriately. We have a big challenge with this hospital wide, as our equipment is an automatic procedure in which we document the start time and it runs continuously until it shuts off. Most times, the nurse is not in the room to document the stop time. How are we supposed to document the stop time in this situation. Does Medicare want everyone to sit in the chair and look at every drop until it finishes. I cannot be the only one with this issue.
Everyone's thoughts????