MEDICARE THREE-DAY STAY WAIVER

CMS has issued a waiver of the three-day stay required to trigger SNF Medicare coverage. This is a blanket waiver and covers all nursing facilities in North Carolina. Facilities do not need to file their own waiver requests.

This waiver allows nursing facilities to admit someone as a Medicare resident, even without a three-day inpatient hospital stay. For additional information, click here and here. Make sure to read this document as well as the FAQs referenced in it.