Inpatient rehabilitation care
covers care you get in an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit (sometimes called an inpatient “rehab” facility, IRF, acute care rehabilitation center, or rehabilitation hospital). Your doctor must certify that you have a medical condition requiring intensive rehabilitation, continued medical supervision, and coordinated care from your doctors, other health care providers, and therapists.
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay this for each :
- Days 1-60: $0 after you meet your Part A ($1,676).
- Days 61-90: $419 each day.
- Days 91 and beyond: $838 each day for each lifetime reserve day (up to a maximum of 60 reserve days over your lifetime).
- Each day after you use all of your lifetime reserve days: You pay all costs.
What it is
Inpatient rehabilitation can help if you’re recovering from a serious surgery, illness, or injury and need an intensive rehabilitation therapy program, physician supervision, and coordinated care from your doctors, other health care providers, and therapists.
Medicare-covered inpatient rehabilitation care includes:
- Rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology
- A semi-private room
- Meals
- Nursing services
- Prescription drugs
- Other hospital services and supplies
Medicare doesn’t cover:
- Private duty nursing
- A phone or television in your room (if there’s a separate charge for these items)
- Personal items, like toothpaste, socks, or razors (except when a hospital gives them as part of your hospital admission pack)
- A private room, unless medically necessary
Things to know
covers doctors’ services you get while you’re in an inpatient rehabilitation facility.