Medical Expense✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
Medicare Part A covers skilled nursing facility (SNF) care when:
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Why A is correct
Part A pays for skilled nursing facility care only when a physician certifies that the beneficiary needs daily skilled nursing or rehabilitative services and the stay follows a qualifying inpatient hospital admission. Custodial care alone, which involves help with daily living but no skilled services, is not covered by Medicare. The SNF coverage rules, including the hospital-stay requirement and the skilled-care standard, are part of the Part A benefit structure examined under AH-III.D.1c.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Custodial-only care is not covered by Medicare Part A SNF benefits, which require skilled care.
- C) SNF coverage requires a prior qualifying hospital stay; there is no free-choice coverage without one.
- D) Medicare SNF care is provided within the United States, not abroad.
Memory hook
SNF = skilled services after a hospital stay, not a custodial rest stop.