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Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2013
The
Creating Access
to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2013 was introduced on November 19, 2013 and would eliminate
the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of skilled
nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities. A
qualified skilled nursing facility is defined as (i) a facility that based upon the most recent ratings in the Medicare
Nursing Home Compare program, has an overall rating of 3 or more stars or a
score of 4 stars or higher on the individual quality domain or on the staffing
quality domain; and (ii) is not subject to a quality-of-care corporate
integrity agreement that is in effect with the Inspector General of the
Department of Health and Human Services and that requires the facility to
retain an independent quality monitor. To read the entire act, click here.