Question

To qualify for home health care under Medicare, skilled nursing services must be:

A.

It enables a facility to serve Medicare clients.

B.

It is required to legally operate a nursing home.

C.

It enables a facility to serve both Medicare and Medicaid clients.

D.

It enables a facility to be operated as a skilled nursing facility.

Answer 1

Ans) C.It enables a facility to serve both Medicare and Medicaid clients.

Explaination:

- A skilled nursing facility is a special facility or part of a hospital that provides medically necessary professional services from nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and audiologists. Skilled nursing facilities provide round-the-clock assistance with healthcare and activities of daily living. There are numerous federal regulations regarding what skilled nursing facilities must and must not do.

- In many cases, yes. Some people do qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, and in those instances, most of the enrollee's health care costs are covered. When dual eligible beneficiaries have claims, Medicare pays first and Medicaid pays last.