Yes, if she hasn't been skilled for more than 60 days, she can have a
new 100 days with a 3 day qualifying hospital stay, for a new condition
that requires skilled care, reasonable and necessary, and all that
stuff.
Mary Hess, MSN
Division of Nursing Home Monitoring
Bureau of Health Systems
Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services
989-732-8837
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Have a resident who has been d/c'd from medicare for about a year.
she now has had a 3 day hospital stay. can she be medicare A again?
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