Can patients admitted to the SNF from an inpatient psychiatric hospital qualify for skilled services?
While a 3-day stay in a psychiatric hospital satisfies the prior hospital stay requirement, institutions that primarily provide psychiatric treatment cannot participate in the program as SNFs. Therefore, a patient with only a psychiatric condition who is transferred from a psychiatric hospital to a participating SNF is likely to receive only non-covered care. In the SNF, the term “non-covered care” refers to any level of care, which is less intensive than the SNF level of care, and is covered under the program. Publication 100-2, Chapter 8, Section 20.
While a 3-day stay in a psychiatric hospital satisfies the prior hospital stay requirement, institutions that primarily provide psychiatric treatment cannot participate in the program as SNFs. Therefore, a patient with only a psychiatric condition who is transferred from a psychiatric hospital to a participating SNF is likely to receive only non-covered care. In the SNF, the term “non-covered care” refers to any level of care, which is less intensive than the SNF level of care, and is covered under the program. CMS IOM Pub. 100-2, Chapter 8, Section 20.
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