Acute rehabilitation
is defined as comprehensive rehabilitation provided in a rehabilitation unit of an acute care hospital or in a freestanding rehabilitation hospital. Treatment is provided in this setting because the patient's clinical complexity precludes a lower level of care (e.g. subacute rehab in an SNF or outpatient rehab).
The patient must have rehabilitation potential and be able to tolerate at least 3 hours/day of therapy, 5x/week with at least two different disciplines providing therapies where specialized therapeutic skills and/or equipment is required.
Rehabilitation nursing must be available 24 hours/day and the rehabilitation physician provides services based on the patient's clinical stability but no less frequently than 3x/week. Diagnoses usually appropriate for acute rehabilitation includes traumatic brain injury, trauma, spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular accident, burns, amputations, and major joint replacements |
