Medicaid Acronym of the Day – SNF

Skilled Nursing Facility – Many nursing homes are also certified as a Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF), and most accept long term care insurance and private payment. … If the nursing home is not Medicaid certified, he or she would have to transfer to a NF in order to be covered by the Medicaid Nursing Facility benefit. Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers skilled nursing care provided in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) under certain conditions for a limited time.

Further reading

https://www.cms.gov/Center/Provider-Type/Skilled-Nursing-Facility-Center.html

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