Independent Agent & Medicare Supplement Specialist, reMEDIGAP, USA
Skilled nursing facility care is a Medicare Part A covered service.
Coverage includes a semi-private room, meals, skilled nursing and rehabilitative services, and other services / supplies that are medically necessary.
To qualify for skilled nursing facility care you must of had a three day minimum medically necessary hospital stay for a related illness or injury and certification from your doctor that you need daily skilled care (examples: intravenous injections or physical therapy).
If admitted to a skilled nursing facility, you pay nothing for the first twenty days of each benefit period. You are responsible for co-insurance per day for days 21 through 100 of each benefit period.
If you have Medicare Supplement insurance, your co-insurance may be covered depending on your Plan benefits. If you are not sure of your Medicare Supplement insurance plan benefits, you can contact your insurance company or an independent agent who specializes in Medicare Supplement insurance (such as myself).
After day 100 in a benefit period, you pay all costs.
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Skilled Nursing Facility (rehab) is covered under Medicare Part A. The doctor can order Shilled Nursing care if you have been in the hospital for at least three days. Medicare pays all cost for the first 20 days. If the doctor can justify it to Medicare you can stay longer than 20 days. From the 21st day to the 100th day Medicare charges a co-pay of $161 per day. Some of the Medicare Supplement Plans will pay that co-pay for you so you could stay up to 100 days in a Skilled Nursing Facility at $0. Medicare provides no coverage beyond 100 days because the goal of Skilled Nursing is to get you better so you can go home. Be sure to select a Medicare Supplement that will pay the $161 co-pay for days 21-100 because there may be times in your life that 20 days is just not enough before you come home.
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Coverage includes a semi-private room, meals, skilled nursing and rehabilitative services, and other services / supplies that are medically necessary.
To qualify for skilled nursing facility care you must of had a three day minimum medically necessary hospital stay for a related illness or injury and certification from your doctor that you need daily skilled care (examples: intravenous injections or physical therapy).
If admitted to a skilled nursing facility, you pay nothing for the first twenty days of each benefit period. You are responsible for co-insurance per day for days 21 through 100 of each benefit period.
If you have Medicare Supplement insurance, your co-insurance may be covered depending on your Plan benefits. If you are not sure of your Medicare Supplement insurance plan benefits, you can contact your insurance company or an independent agent who specializes in Medicare Supplement insurance (such as myself).
After day 100 in a benefit period, you pay all costs.
Thank you for taking the time to read my response. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.