Ask the expert: Medicare Part A
MDS 3.0 Insider, February 13, 2015
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Q: If a stroke patient uses 100 Medicare days in a skilled nursing facility, and then after 60 days of wellness, incurs a new hospital stay for a kidney infection, could the patient qualify again for the 100 days of Medicare in a skilled nursing facility?
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