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ADMISSIONS INFORMATION
Seasons Health and Rehabilitation is dedicated to making the transition to a skilled nursing facility as easy as possible. Rest assured that we will do everything we can to make you feel welcomed and comfortable in our Seasons Home. Scroll down for Medicare/Medicaid information Please provide the following prior to admission:
We also recommend that you bring 5-7 days’ supply of comfortable, seasonally appropriate clothing marked with your name as well as any personal toiletries you use. Please bring personal belongings such as pictures, photo albums, writing supplies, knick-knacks, pillows, throws…anything that will help you feel at home. |
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Preparing For Your Stay
Our admissions coordinator, Sara Kelly, and our billing specialist, Tawndi Barrett, are here to answer any questions that you might have about cost, coverage and payments.
You can also refer to the back of your insurance card for a customer service number to get assistance specific to your provider.
Medicare and most HMO plans will cover up to 100 days of skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services. For patients with traditional Medicare plans, your covers is 100% through the 20th day. Depending on your supplemental insurance, you may have coverage for the entire Medicare co-payment. Co-payments vary with each provider and plan.
At the time of admission, residents paying privately must pay the daily rate from the day of admission through the end of the first month. Upon discharge, any credit balance on your account, after all pay sources are satisfied, will be refunded.
You can also refer to the back of your insurance card for a customer service number to get assistance specific to your provider.
Medicare and most HMO plans will cover up to 100 days of skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services. For patients with traditional Medicare plans, your covers is 100% through the 20th day. Depending on your supplemental insurance, you may have coverage for the entire Medicare co-payment. Co-payments vary with each provider and plan.
At the time of admission, residents paying privately must pay the daily rate from the day of admission through the end of the first month. Upon discharge, any credit balance on your account, after all pay sources are satisfied, will be refunded.
Important Facts About Insurance
There are several ways to pay for your stay and care. These include Medicare, Medicaid, long-term care insurance policies, veterans benefits, and private funding.
Medicare
Medicare is the federally administered health insurance program for people sixty-five years of age and older.
What you can expect for Medicare coverage:
Conditions and Limitations
Medicare
Medicare is the federally administered health insurance program for people sixty-five years of age and older.
What you can expect for Medicare coverage:
- The first 20 days are covered in any Medicare approved skilled nursing facility.
- For the days 21 through 100 Medicare will pay all covered services.
- Doctors' visits
- Nursing care
- Room rates
- All meals
- Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies
- Lab and X-ray services
- Prosthetic devices
- Prescription drugs
- Some medical supplies and equipment
- (The exception to this is a co-insurance that is adjusted annually.)
Conditions and Limitations
- Not including the day of discharge, the beneficiary must be in the hospital for 3 continuous days
- An individual must be admitted to the nursing facility within 30 days of their hospital discharge.
- Treatment must be similar nature to that which was treated at the hospital.
- Daily nursing or rehabilitation services are required.
- There must be a determination that only inpatient services will be sufficient.
- A doctor must specify daily nursing services
- The resident must recertify at intervals of 5 days and 14 days after admission. the doctor must recertify the need for daily nursing services every 30 days thereafter. Medicare will need to review and approve the need for nursing services.
- The resident must be in nursing care for 100 days or less, and Medicare will have to approve the length of stay. A 100 day stay is not automatically granted under the Medicare system
Medicaid
What Is Covered:
What Is Covered:
- In most cases, an individual would need assistance with at least two activities
- All of the costs of nursing and medical equipment that a doctor may deem necessary would be covered
- Medicaid will cover the holding of a bed for a select amount of time; usually a one to two-week period if a resident is requiring temporary hospital care
- An absence of up to 18 days per year to visit with family or freinds is covered
- Medicaid service must pay a portion of nursing care costs with any Social Security benefits they receive
Medicare.gov, the official U.S. government site for Medicare, has implemented a rating system for patients and their families to compare the nursing homes in their area. You can compare our facility with other nursing homes in Southern Utah and around the nation.