ACUTE REHABILITATION HOSPITALS ("Acute Rehab")
Where provided?
Medicare certified designed units
In Nebraska: Immanuel, Methodist (Omaha) and Madonna (Lincoln)
Qualifiers (summary)
- Inpatient 3 nights
- Do they quality? Decide with "RE-H-AB" mnemonic
RE habiltatable
H elp? (will the treatment help?)
AB le (can the patient cooperate?)
Bottom line: If any question ask for consult for Acute Rehab and a physiatrist will help decide.
Additional Qualification issues:
- must be a Medicare certified facility
- must require intense, multi-disciplinary rehabilitation
- supervised by a physician with experience or training in rehabilitation medicine. (Physiatrist)
- care must be reasonable and necessary and not available at a less skilled level of care
- patient requires & can perform ~three hours of therapy each day
- Licensed as a hospital
- Rehab experts can focus on "real life" skills
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Education
- Interprofessional Education
- Medical Students
- Residents
- Fellowship Information
- Educational Resources
- Research Awards
- Research Activities
- Faculty
- Home Instead Center for Successful Aging
