Certainly, medical providers still provide treatment for patients in a residential care facility-if that is the patients place of residence, it is handled the same as a house call or home visit billed to Part A as an encounter. The type of ownership will depend on several factors that meet the needs of the individual community. This process begins by answering whom they are accountable to for their actions. To obtain more information about school based programs contact Katie Zeal, Program Coordinator at the Oregon Health Division. Some of the other RHCs do not have Medicare software yet.
More information needs to be gathered.
Check with local hospitals and ask where they purchase their medical supplies. Find out if they know of any place that provides used medical equipment. Also the web has sites that sell used medical equipment. The RHC and CAH programs are two separate programs and two distinct programs with different participation criteria. It is possible for the to co-exist, as long as the facilities meet the individual criteria of the respective programs.