Readmission to a hospitalIf you're in a SNF, there may be situations where you need to be readmitted to the hospital. If this happens, there's no guarantee that a bed will be available for you at the same SNF if you need more skilled care after your hospital stay. Ask the SNF if it will hold a bed for you if you must go back to the hospital. Also, ask if there's a cost to hold the bed for you.After you leave the SNF, if you re-enter the same or another SNF within 30 days, you don't need another 3-day qualifying hospital stay to get additional SNF benefits. This is also true if you stop getting skilled care while in the SNF and then start getting skilled care again within 30 days.Refusing careIf you refuse your daily skilled care or therapy, you may lose your Medicare SNF coverage. If you have a condition that keeps you from getting skilled care (like if you get the flu), you may be able to continue to get Medicare coverage temporarily.Stopping care or leavingIf you stop getting skilled care in the SNF, or leave the SNF altogether, your SNF coverage may be affected depending on how long your break in SNF care lasts. If you disagree with your discharge for any reason, you can appeal. If your break in skilled care lasts more than 30 days, you need a new 3-day hospital stay to qualify for additional SNF care. The new hospital stay doesn’t need to be for the same condition that you were treated for during your previous stay.If your break in skilled care lasts for at least 60 days in a row, this ends your current benefit period and renews your SNF benefits. This means that the maximum coverage available would be up to 100 days of SNF benefits.You can appeal past hospital stays back to January 2009If you’re a Medicare patient who was admitted to the hospital as an inpatient, and the hospital changed your status to “outpatient getting observation services,†you may be able to appeal the denial of Part A (Hospital Insurance) inpatient coverage that came from the change in your status. If your appeal is approved, Part A may cover the hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) services (if appealed) you got. , In this article, we'll cover the nursing home admission checklist, including: Pre-admission assessments and planning. Required documentation and compliance guidelines. How ExaCarestreamlines the admissions process., Ensure compliance with long-term care regulations by using our comprehensive checklist for facility admission packages. Discover the essential components, including resident contracts, services, costs, and resident rights..