Arbitration Vs. Mediation. Terms: The main difference between arbitration and mediation is a simple one: arbitrators hand down decisions, just as judges do, which can only be contested under certain circumstances.
Definition of Subacute Care. 1  Subacute care is a level of care needed by a patient who does not require hospital acute care, but who requires more intensive skilled nursing care than is provided to the majority of patients in a skilled nursing facility.
Provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative services. It may be a separate building sometimes referred to as an extended care facility, or a distinct part of an acute care hospital known as a transitional care unit (TCU) or subacute care. Medicare pays for short term Skilled care in a Skilled Nursing Facility. SNFs may have two levels of care within the same building: