{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-409.36","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 409.36","heading":"Effect of discharge from posthospital SNF care.","body":"If a beneficiary is discharged from a facility after receiving posthospital SNF care, he or she is not entitled to additional services of this kind in the same benefit period unless—\n(a) He or she is readmitted to the same or another facility within 30 calendar days following the day of discharge (or, before December 5, 1980, within 14 calendar days after discharge); or\n(b) He or she is again hospitalized for at least 3 consecutive calendar days.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM","PART 409—HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS","Subpart D—Requirements for Coverage of Posthospital SNF Care"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"23312a3ff9c5e11fefad1375c386065b7d694c09b84bf7771257e1254678c4d7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-409.35","next":"us/42-cfr-409.40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}