HAR §17-1737-121. Exclusions

Subacute payments shall not be made for the following patients: (1) Patients who are medically unstable and require acute inpatient care in an acute care hospital; or (2) Patients whose level of care is appropriately level C (SNF), level A (ICF), level B (ICF-MR), or lower. Included in this group are the following: UNOFFICIAL 1737-121 (A) Stable newborns or premature infants under one year of age who require training of the sucking reflex and monitoring of weight and oral feeding to gain weight sufficient for discharge to the home setting; (B) Stable children, newborns, or infants under the care of the child protective services awaiting placement; and (C) Patients in terminal phases of disease who request or whose legal guardians have requested in writing the desire not to be resuscitated and no subacute services have been or will be rendered. [Eff 11/25/96 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §431.10) (Imp: HRS §§346-14, 346-59)