medicare services covered by both medicare and medicaid are paid for first by medicare with medicaid filling in the difference (up to the limits of you stat'es coverage). when it comes to skilled nursing care medicare will pay after a 3-day stay in the hospital and then only up to 100 days. after that medicaid pays. typically medicaid helps to cover the cost of any out-of-pocket expenses that most medicare recipients pay toward their skilled nursing care after hospitalization. for more assistance with your particular situation i recommend you contact your state health insurance counseling and assistance program (ship) at medicare. gov or 1-800-medicare. you have really asked a loaded question. this question can be answered based only on a situational basis (i. e. has the resident been in the facility without a hospital visit and medicaid is now paying the expenses incurred? ) if this is the case medicaid will pay to hold the bed for the resident for a maximum of 14 days (in ky) after which the cost of the hold (if they choose to hold the bed) must be paid by the resident or the resident's "responsible party". this is the easiest scenario to understand. to get details particular to your state and situation you may visit a website: www. itcombudsman. org. this will list for you each state the type of leave the bed reservation policy the amount paid by medicaid and the date of the most recent policy. the listing is extremely easy to understand. i hope this has been helpful.
who pays for medicaid bed hold. in a skilled nursing facility with a person receiving both medicare and medicaid who pays for bed hold days when you are hospitalized? is the patient responsible?