Skilled Nursing Facility definition

Skilled Nursing Facility means an institution or part thereof that is licensed as a Skilled Nursing Facility by the State of Florida, and is accredited as a Skilled Nursing Facility by The Joint Commission or recognized as a Skilled Nursing Facility by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States under Medicare.
Skilled Nursing Facility means a nursing facility, regardless of what is called, that:
Skilled Nursing Facility means that term as defined in section 20109 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20109.

Examples of Skilled Nursing Facility in a sentence

  • For example, while the Medicare law at §1802 of the Act guarantees a beneficiary’s free choice of any qualified entity that is willing to furnish services to the beneficiary, in selecting this Skilled Nursing Facility, the beneficiary has effectively exercised this right of free choice with respect to the entire package of services for which the SNF is responsible under the consolidated billing requirement, including the use of any outside suppliers from which the SNF chooses to obtain such services.


More Definitions of Skilled Nursing Facility

Skilled Nursing Facility means a facility or distinct part of a facility that is licensed by the state where it is located to provide Skilled Nursing Care instead of Hospitalization and that has an attending medical staff consisting of one or more Physicians.
Skilled Nursing Facility means a facility that provides skilled nursing 24 hours a day, seven days a week, under the supervision of a registered nurse, and/or skilled rehabilitative services at least five days per week. The emphasis is on skilled nursing care, with restorative, physical, occupational, and other therapies available. A Skilled Nursing Facility provides services that cannot be efficiently or effectively rendered at home or in an intermediate care facility. The service provided must be directed towards the patient achieving independence in activities of daily living, improving the patient’s condition, and facilitating discharge.
Skilled Nursing Facility means a facility that fully meets all of the following requirements:
Skilled Nursing Facility means a facility or a distinct part of a facility, that is pri-
Skilled Nursing Facility means a health facility or a distinct part of a hospital which provides the following basic services: skilled nursing care and supportive care to patients whose primary need is for availability of skilled nursing care on an extended basis. It provides 24-hour inpatient care and, as a minimum, includes medical, nursing, dietary, pharmaceutical services and an activity program. The facility shall have effective arrangements, confirmed in writing, through which services required by the patients, but not regularly provided within the facility, can be obtained promptly when needed.
Skilled Nursing Facility means a hospital long-term care unit, nursing home, county medical care facility, or other nursing care facility, or a distinct part thereof, certified by the department to provide skilled nursing care.
Skilled Nursing Facility means a nursing home which is licensed by the department to provide skilled nursing services.