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CMS Patient referral status

In this article we will explain what the patient statuses for the referral process are.

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Written by Neha Joshi
Updated over 3 months ago

New amendments have been made so that you can easily see and understand where within the referral process a patient in currently at. Please note two statuses will remain the same, namely Case Closed and Deceased.

Updated statuses

Old status

Amended status

Explanation

Rejected

Inactive

This would be applicable when a patient has no eligible referrals, no ongoing and no active packages.

Approved

Active

This would be applicable when a patient has an ongoing referral, an eligible referral or an active package.

Removed statuses

Removed status

Explanation

Pending referral approval

This status has now been removed as this now resides within the Active status.

Unknown

This status has now been removed as this will now be mapped out to the correct status.

Archived

This was previously labelled as Deleted.

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