Residential programs for SUD treatment are a step above partial hospitalization but a step below inpatient care. The patient lives at the residential facility for what can be an extended period of time, but does not need the level or intensity of care that would be provided during an inpatient stay. However, Medicare does not cover residential programs for SUD treatment.
Medicare does cover skilled nursing facility (SNF) care following an inpatient hospitalization. But the patient must have a need for physical or occupational therapy, which would mean that the preceding hospital stay and the therapy in the SNF would have to be related to something other than a SUD.