Eligibility/Pre-Admission Requirements
Residents at Pine Ridge must meet specific pre-admission requirements:
Medicare Patients
- A physician certifies that the patient needs skilled nursing care
- A patient is hospitalized for three consecutive days and/or admitted into a skilled nursing facility within 30 days of hospital discharge
- Chest x-ray
- List of current medications
- History and physical report
- Facesheet
- Recent lab results
- Mental health pre-admission screening
- Updated physician/nursing notes
- Therapy notes (if applicable)
Private-Pay Patients/Private Insurance/and Medicaid Patients
- Physician referral
- Chest x-ray (within last 30 days)
- List of current medications
- History and physical report
- Mental health pre-admission screening
- Estimated patient pay amount (Medicaid recipients only)
- Admission deposit (private-pay only)
- Other items as determined by your insurance