Skilled Medicare Rehabilitation Services
Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
Fairview Manor is a skilled
Medicare Nursing Home. This means
that we are certified by Medicare to accept Medicare funds for the care of
certain residents in our home.
Fairview Manor does not have a distinct unit for our residents using
Medicare. Our entire home is
certified for Medicare which means that our residents do not have to move from
one room to another to utilize Medicare services.
Our home is staffed with professional nurses 24 hours a
day. Physical, Occupational, and
Speech Therapists are also part of our facility. We contract for each of these services and they provide these
services in our building on an as needed basis.
To qualify for Medicare to pay for your care, you must meet
certain qualifications. Medicare
Part A requires a three-day (three midnights) hospital stay before benefits can
begin in a Skilled Nursing Home.
Medicare will pay for 100% of the cost for the first 20 days of a
skilled nursing home stay, and then the beneficiary must pay for the
co-insurance portion for days 21-100.
But, not everyone will qualify for the full 100 days of coverage in a
skilled nursing home. The resident
must be receiving ‘skilled services’ to remain covered.
To determine coverage, Medicare requires the facility to do
assessments on the resident. The
assessments are done on day 5, day 14, day 30, 60, and 90. It is also possible that assessments are
done on days in between. An
assessment is always done when Physical, Occupational, or Speech therapy is
discontinues.
Medicare Part B can also cover certain services in the
facility. Medicare Part B covers for
catheter supplies and certain other supplies related to ostomy care and tube
feedings. They also cover Physical,
Occupational, and Speech therapy services for residents who are not covered by
Part A at the time the services are rendered. A doctor’s order is required for therapy services.
Medicare is different from Medicaid. Medicaid is a state payment system that
assists with Low Income residents.
Medicare is a federal payment system for those who are over 65 and have
applied for their Medicare Benefits.
During
one of our cooking activities, we grilled Kabobs. Not only did the
residents enjoy constructing the Kabobs, they also enjoyed eating them.
