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Q: Regarding tube feeding, I have a resident who resides in a SNF, she receives only flushes, no nutrition via PEG tube. She was skilled for a tube in the past (2013), but has not received any nutrition for a year; does she qualify for another benefit period? She is still receiving flushes with occasional feeding. […]
Q: We have a lot of questions in our facility about tube feeders and Medicare Part A eligibility. Here is one example: A person getting tube fed uses 100 days of their benefit, goes off Medicare Part A, has a 60 day break in illness, and was then readmitted to hospital with a hip fracture. He […]