Question

This is the duration of time during which a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for Part A benefits for services incurred in a hospital and / or skilled nursing facility "SNF"

Answer 1

The duration of time during which a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for Part A benefits is called the benefit period.

Step-by-step explanation:

The duration of time during which a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for Part A benefits for services incurred in a hospital and/or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is called the benefit period.

Each benefit period begins the day the beneficiary is admitted to a hospital or SNF as an inpatient and ends when the beneficiary has been out of the hospital or SNF for 60 consecutive days.

During a benefit period, the beneficiary is eligible for coverage of certain hospital and SNF services, subject to deductibles and copayments.