Dunn County Neighbors outlines short-term rehab, long-term, memory care and hospice services

Carmen, the community mentor/administrator for the Dunn County Neighbors campus, told the Dunn County standing committee that the campus is licensed as three separately certified skilled nursing facilities and can accept Medicare and Medicaid across the campus.

The explanation matters because payer rules and facility licensure shape who the campus can admit, what care residents receive and how services are billed. Carmen said roughly 70% of long-term residents are covered by Medicaid, with private pay and the Department of Veterans Affairs making up other long-term funding.

Carmen described two broad clinical categories of stay. Short-term rehabilitation stays typically follow a hospital admission for surgery, an acute illness or an injury;…