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have or are at high risk for significant medical complications; (F) Skilled nursing care including observation, monitoring for the side effects of treatment for patients receiving radiation therapy, or the monitoring of hydration and pain control
who have or are at high risk for significant medical complications; (H) At least daily ventilation or inhalation therapy services or both with or without oxygen; (I) Treatment of patients with eating disorders including bulimia and anorexia nervosa who require skilled supervision and monitoring of food intake and psychiatric inpatient care and are medically stable in the inpatient facility, but who are at high risk of
medical complications if discharged to outpatient care; or (J) Treatment of psychiatric patients who
are not an immediate danger to
themselves or others, but who require
inpatient monitoring, supervision, and
psychiatric care because of high risk
for life-threatening complications to
themselves or others if discharged to
outpatient care; or
(c)Group III pediatric patients who no longer require…#
(c) Group III pediatric patients who no longer require inpatient acute care, must be at baseline status, and not at risk for rapid deterioration. Requires dynamic care meeting the following:
(1) Weekly medical interventions and monitoring; and
(2) Twenty-four hours a day skilled nursing;
(3) Types of interventions required in group III pediatric subacute level of care are:
(A) Pediatric patients who are ventilator dependent;
(B) Tracheostomy care with skilled interventions (e.g. suctioning greater than once in an eight hour shift.