Does Medicare Cover A Nursing Home?

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August 31, 2013

Ted Ratliff

Medicare coverage for Nursing Home is limited to Skilled Care for 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay of 3 days not counting day of discharge. Medicare was never designed for long term nursing home stays. To qualify as skilled care the patient must have been admitted to the nursing home for the same issue he was in the hospital, he must be able to improve with therapy, and the stay must be approved by Medicare.

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