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| PPS Alert for Long-Term Care |
| March 2008 |
| Common Part A benefit period myths debunked |
| A benefit period is a mechanism for measuring the use of hospital insurance benefits, known as skilled nursing facility (SNF) Part A or extended-care benefits, for residents who have had a three-day qualifying inpatient hospital stay and require a Part A skilled level of care, said Lee Heinbaugh, president of the long-term care consulting company The Heinbaugh Group in Lakewood, OH, during the November 26, 2007, HCPro, Inc., audioconference "Critical SNF Billing Requirements: No-Pay Billing vs. Benefits Exhaust." |
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