42 C.F.R. § 409.36 Effect of discharge from posthospital SNF care.
Title 42 - Public Health
If a beneficiary is discharged from a facility after receiving posthospital SNF care, he or she is not entitled to additional services of this kind in the same benefit period unless— (a) He or she is readmitted to the same or another facility within 30 calendar days following the day of discharge (or, before December 5, 1980, within 14 calendar days after discharge); or (b) He or she is again hospitalized for at least 3 consecutive calendar days.
Title 42: Public Health
PART 409—HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS
Subpart D—Requirements for Coverage of Posthospital SNF Care
§ 409.36 Effect of discharge from posthospital SNF care.
