Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Pub. 100-02), Ch. 4 § 10.1
Patient Status on Day of Entitlement
10.1 - Patient Status on Day of Entitlement
(Rev. 1, 10-01-03)
A3-3104.1, HO-217.1
A patient in a participating psychiatric hospital on the first day of entitlement is subject to
this reduction. The reduction applies to patients admitted to or discharged from such a
hospital on their first day of entitlement, or who begin or end a leave of absence on that
day. Where only a distinct part of an institution is participating as a psychiatric hospital,
the provision applies only to patients who, on their first day of entitlement, are inpatients
of that part.