A lesion is any abnormal damage or change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma. Lesion is derived from the Latin word laesio meaning injury. Lesions may occur in plants as well as animals.
These first six months are known as the length-of-stay demonstration period. After maintaining a Medicare ALOS of 25 days for six months, Landmark Hospital applies to CMS for a change in provider status and receives a LTAC-hospital Medicare provider number.
Long-term acute care (LTAC) is the type of care provided in Kindred Transitional Care Hospitals. More than 20 years ago, Kindred helped to pioneer the long-term acute model of care.Today, Kindred has a nationwide network of transitional care hospitals unique in their ability to care for medically complex patients who benefit from extended recovery time.ur long-term acute care patients come from a variety of healthcare settings, but about 95% come from short-term acute care hospitals. Our patients have a large variety of complicated medical conditions, occurring at the same time.