The skilled services troubleshooter strategies for covering nursing home residents under medicare second edition is an easy to read reference guide and cd rom set that brings you and your staff members up to speed on when and how to skill residents this comprehensive resource takes the mystery out of skilled services with these key benefits. Of all medicare payment for nursing home care is only available if the resident requires skilled nursing services or skilled rehabil itation services on a daily or almost daily basis the need for these skilled services is discussed in considerable detail during this guides discussions of problems 11 and 12. Applying covid 19 infection control strategies in nursing homes clinical outreach and communication activity coca webinar june 16 2020 case based scenarios are used to discuss how to apply infection prevention and control guidance for nursing homes and other long term care facilities preparing for and responding to covid 19. Medicare skilled coverage eligibility during covid 19 at a glance faqs o the patient requires skilled nursing services or skilled rehabilitation services 302 304 o the patient requires these skilled services on a daily basis nursing 7d w and or therapy 5 7d w 306 o as a practical matter the daily skilled services can be provided only on an inpatient basis in a snf . Medicare may cover short term stays in a nursing home when a person needs skilled care however if a person wants to move to a nursing home long term medicare plans usually will not cover this