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.
Member requires more skilled services than are typically available at SNF level of. care (i.e., skilled nursing, and >2 hours of rehabilitation services per day, at. least 6 days per week); 2. Medically necessary services can only be safely provided in an inpatient subacute. care facility, and cannot be safely provided in a less restrictive clinical setting. (e.g., SNF LOC, at home with skilled home health services, or outpatient. setting);