leave of absence (LOA) days

Period of time (number of days) during which a patient is discharged temporarily from the hospital. This situation can occur when surgery cannot be scheduled right away, a surgical team is not available, or treatment is necessary after diagnostic tests but cannot begin immediately. LOA days also refers to readmission after surgery for follow-up care, when a patient does not need hospital care during the interim period. LOA requires only one bill, and one diagnosis-related group payment is made.

Ledger card

Individual financial account indicating charges, payments, adjustments, and balances owed for services rendered. Also called financial accounting record, financial record , or patient account ledger .

Left unattended

Goods in transit term restricting cover when vehicles are left unattended. Whether a vehicle is left unattended is a question of fact. A vehicle was held to be unattended when its driver was in a shop for 15 minutes quite unable to watch over the vehicle. In Starfire Diamonds v. Angel (1962) 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 213, the Court of Appeal held that a car was left unattended when the driver left his car in a lay-by while urinating behind some bushes 37 yards away. He saw a man on the far side walking away with a suitcase from the car but was not in a position to attempt to frustrate any attack on the vehicle. See ORDINARY MEANING RULE.