A question to all regarding continued Medicare skilled after all rehab has
completed.Senario carry the resident for 5-7 days after all therapy has
ceased to monitor for decline. Let the family be aware that it is fine to
delay discharge and monitor for these few days. The resident rugs out to say
a RVB2. Yes, a restorative program will be in use to continue to enforce
what has been accomplished in prior therapy. Can we use medicare days this
way? Can a regulation allow for this? Also there would not be any direct
skilled nursing only indirect nursing. Then the resident either remains in
the facility long term or discharges home.
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