When through when

[tufguy]

A patient was in hospice from 03/01/15 throgh 05/01/15, so hospice period started on 03/01/15 and ended on 05/01/15.

American insurance represenetive to me :- "we will pay claims for the whole month of may. Hospice period ended on 05/01/15, if they go through half of the month, coverage will go through whole month".

Please check.

I have one more question "How to ask, if I don't know about the member's hospice period. Hospice period when through when?". How to use "When through when?"

 

[Tarheel]

Please capitalize months. Example: April, May, June.

If you want to know how long a person was in the hospice you could say: "Exactly when did the person enter the hospice, and when did he/she leave the hospice?"

 

[Rover_KE]

tufguy, for the second time this month, note the correct spelling of 'representative'.

 

[tufguy]

Sorry. Representetive, what about my questions? I already knew this but I would like to know about these two formations.

1 "When a patient goes through half of the month".

2 "When through when".

 

[Rover_KE]

Sorry. Representetive,

You've still got it wrong! Look more closely at the word — representative.

 

[teechar]

Sorry. Representetive,

Does the spellchecker not alert you (to possible typos) as you're typing out your posts?

 

[Raymott]

A patient was in hospice from 03/01/15 throgh 05/01/15, so hospice period started on 03/01/15 and ended on 05/01/15.

I don't understand this at all. The dates mean 3rd January to 5th January to me. If you're writing this for an international audience, you need to use an internationally understandable date system.
(In Australian and British English, dates are read "day/month/year".)

 

[MikeNewYork]

But that would be confused by speakers of AmE. To satisfy everyone, the dates would have to be spelled out.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hence the use of "internationally understood date system".

Saying "The patient was in the hospice from 3rd February to 5th February inclusive" shouldn't confuse anyone.

 

[Raymott]

But that would be confused by speakers of AmE. To satisfy everyone, the dates would have to be spelled out.

I wasn't suggesting to use the British system. I was suggesting to use an internationally understood system, and then I gave a reason.
Eg. use: 1 Jan 2010, March 6th 1901 ...

 

[emsr2d2]

Not necessarily. These days, people can go into a hospice for a brief period of care and respite, then return to their own homes. It's true that anyone who goes into a hospice is terminally ill but I think the days are gone when it was one's final place of rest before death.

 

[tufguy]

Sorry. Repesentative. India also uses the same date formate as england, but this question was primarily for Americans because I thought that others would get confused because of hospice matter.

 

[Barb_D]

Okay, so it seems he entered on March 1 and left on May 1.
Clearly, he was not in hospice care for more than half of the month of May.

Can you explain what your question is?

 

[emsr2d2]

Repesentative.

Tufguy, come on! Wake up! Concentrate! You've spelt it wrong again.

Representa​tive.

 

[Tarheel]

Whichever date 05/01/15 represents, I assume you know that the patient almost certainly left the hospice in a coffin.

My wife did not leave the hospice in a coffin, but they did put a sheet over her. (She had stopped breathing.)
:-(

 

[tufguy]

Sorry sir, Representative. Sorry once again.

My questions are as follows.

American insurance representative to me :- We will pay claims for the whole month of may. Hospice period ended on 05/01/15, "if they go through half of the month, coverage will go through whole month". Is it correct formation(the part that is in commas)?.

Please check.

I have one more question "How to ask, if I don't know about the member's hospice period. Hospice period when through when?". How to use "When through when"? I would like to know about this formation only.

 

[Rover_KE]

Sorry sir, Representative. Sorry once again.


American insurance represenetive to me ...

I don't believe this, tufguy.:shock:

 

[teechar]

That is really unacceptable, tufguy. In fact, I would really like you to answer the question I asked you in post #6 of this thread. :!:

 

[tufguy]

Sorry. I copied and pasted those questions from previous post so I forgot to check the spelling. Sorry for my stupidity. Sorry.