Your HSR is your main point of contact regarding health and safety matters, so make sure you inform them of any concerns or safety issues. Having your HSR represent your work group can help because: 1  A HSR is likely to understand your views and concerns.
The State has the responsibility for certifying a skilled nursing facilityâs or nursing facilityâs compliance or noncompliance, except in the case of State-operated facilities. However, the Stateâs certification for a skilled nursing facility is subject to CMSâ approval.
1 Skilled nursing care. 2  Medicare helps to pay for your recovery in a skilled nursing care facility after a three-day hospital stay. 3  Medicare will cover the cost of skilled nursing care for a maximum of 100 days.4  Home health care. Medicare will cover the cost of skilled nursing care for a maximum of 100 days. 2  Home health care. 3  If you are homebound by an illness or injury, and your doctor says you need short-term skilled care, Medicare will pay for nurses and therapists to provide services in your home.