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Chapter 1
Section 23
Hospital Reimbursement -
Payment When Only Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Level Of Care Is
Required
Issue Date: August 26, 1985
Revision:
1.0 APPLICABILITY
This policy is mandatory for reimbursement
of services provided by either network or non-network providers.
However, alternative network reimbursement methodologies are permitted
when approved by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and specifically
included in the network provider agreement.
2.0 ISSUE
How is a hospital to be paid for a patient
who only requires SNF care?
3.0 POLICY
Payment Rate.
3.1 When it is determined that
a hospital may be paid for care provided to a beneficiary who requires
only SNF care, payment is to be at the SNF Prospective Payment System
(PPS) rate.
3.2 In order to determine the payment for a beneficiary
who is exempt from the SNF PPS, the contractor is to use either
the rate for the SNF which most likely would be used by the beneficiary,
or it may use an average of the rates of comparable, equally accessible
SNF.
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