SNF's – the discharge pathway of choice for those at the end of life
Filed under: dual diagnosis nursing
Medicare regulations prohibit dual enrollment in both the SNF benefit and the hospice benefit for the same diagnosis. Occasionally individuals can receive both benefits if the SNF care is for a diagnosis unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, but this is …
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The 12 “Biggest” Hospital Stories of 2012
Filed under: dual diagnosis nursing
For example, hospitals' and skilled nursing facilities' bad debt reimbursement rates from Medicare were reduced from 70 percent to 65 percent, starting in FY 2013, and starting in FY 2021, Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments will be …
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