I’ve had three different family members go to a rehab facility after a hospital stay; mom, dad and sister. The goal of rehab is to allow someone to return home after a hospital stay where some level of step down care is necessary. Medicare will cover up to 90 days per incident plus 60 lifetime reserve days. The patient needs to show progress towards returning home or the rehab facility will recommend long term care and Medicare will no longer pay. My experience is that the stays are shorter than that; 20-30 days seems to be common based on my experience.
Your Medicare and supplement coverage should handle 100% of the cost or close to it; it will depend on the supplemental coverage but this is what Medicare covers:
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/inpat ... ation-care
I don’t think an attorney is needed at this point and there is no significant commitment being made as this is a Medicare covered service. If you don’t like the rehab facility, you can move somewhere else although the decent hospitals in my area seem to know which facilities are in the “better” category. The hospital social worker helped some with that if you have an informal type conversation with them. To insure good care, show up at the facility frequently and get to know the staff a bit.
If you think there is a chance that she may not be able to return home, start looking into long term care facilities, at home help, etc. Your local Council on Aging might be able to guide you and speaking to an attorney / your estate attorney if you have one is probably also a good idea.
Good luck, my thoughts are with you during these trying times.
Your Medicare and supplement coverage should handle 100% of the cost or close to it; it will depend on the supplemental coverage but this is what Medicare covers:
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/inpat ... ation-care
I don’t think an attorney is needed at this point and there is no significant commitment being made as this is a Medicare covered service. If you don’t like the rehab facility, you can move somewhere else although the decent hospitals in my area seem to know which facilities are in the “better” category. The hospital social worker helped some with that if you have an informal type conversation with them. To insure good care, show up at the facility frequently and get to know the staff a bit.
If you think there is a chance that she may not be able to return home, start looking into long term care facilities, at home help, etc. Your local Council on Aging might be able to guide you and speaking to an attorney / your estate attorney if you have one is probably also a good idea.
Good luck, my thoughts are with you during these trying times.
Statistics: Posted by Kenkat — Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:11 am — Replies 15 — Views 1407