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Show Medicare Includes a Variety Of Services, Agency Says ModicaiV hii'.pilal Insurance Insur-ance includes a variety of cervices available to bene, fieiarics, John Wainwrighl divlncl manager of social security se-curity In Grand Jiniclioii.. stated today. Due of those services, which is siiiiicl mios i i i i 1 1 1 1 -del sIoikI, concerns those I'uisirg hi lues and comal-eseeiit comal-eseeiit hospitals which liav ' qualified fur p art ic pat ion tindi r Meo". (-,!( because they !ne slatted and oqu:iied to furnish full time skilled nursing nur-sing care, and many important import-ant related health services Those which iiiahfy aie re-foi re-foi i i J to as extended care facilities fa-cilities in the Medicare law. Sometimes a patient no longed metis the type of care that a hospital provides, but tloes need skilled nursing care that cannot be provided In his home. In these eases, the duolor may transfer Irs patient from liie hospital lo the extended care facility. This releases hospital Udt for the more seriously ill X'fsons. Before ihe patient enters one of the.SL' facilities, the doctor must if'termino the n t (I for the care provided by the facility in order for Medicare to pay Hie covered exs'iiscs. The pat.eiit must, lt:o,V been in a (iiial.ficd hospital hos-pital fur at least thrt e d iv ; in a row before transfer to ill 1 extended care fae 1 !.,' may b" mule under Medicare Medi-care provisions. Transfer must be made within 14 daws after leaving die h r.piVal and admission: must be made fur further, treatment f V'f cond.Uor. for wlrch ho .nitaliz'-il. Med crirx' dues r.t p-.y for custoa'al care. This type of caiV is necessary to help people with tlv p. Tk- of '..:! living such ns assistance assis-tance in ba'hing, dressing, eating, taking mill e'lie, etc. If this 'is the primr.ry pur-po:.. pur-po:.. f t t!i" jvtii :,t to be; in the rx'entltsl rare facility, it is called custnl::-.l care, rntl is not covt red by Medicare. For Hie f rst. V) il ays in III" f. eilily, Waimvr'glit !:-I' !:-I' d, Ml Jicue pays for all covered services. After Ilia:, il p ivs 'all but ?i; f. ) a day fir tie- 1 1 : I !i) days. Fxleiuleil can' facilities 1 1 1 1 I r Hie Med care program niusl imrt :'.laiidards of (iialilv care and must abide iv Title VI of the Civil I! 'glds Act. The social security officio offic-io Grand Junction can give linfurnialion on all aspects-i aspects-i f Medicare. For furtln r in-furniaiiuii, in-furniaiiuii, write to Social Securilv Ailiaiuislr.itin, P.O. Pox 2ll'i7, Grand Junction, Colo, fil.ald. |