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Contact our Admissions office at 936.444.1700. A Clinical Liaison will respond to perform a free pre-admission assessment and coordinate transfer to our new facility.
Direct Admission Program from Home or Emergency Department
At times, patients with various complicated illnesses/injuries need treatment in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, but do not require acute (Medical/Surgical) hospital admission. These same patients may make "repeat" visits to the emergency department and are at risk if sent home, but do not need the services of an acute hospital.
Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital may be the solution for these patients. Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital is licensed as an Inpatient Rehab Facility (IRF). Basically, we are a hospital with a specialty in rehabilitation services. Because of our license, we can admit patients directly from home or the emergency department and receive Medicare payment, unlike skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) who require a three (3) day stay in the acute hospital before Medicare will cover the cost of the SNF stay.
Examples of patient situations that may need intensive, inpatient rehab services (and that would meet Medicare IRF admission criteria) are:
- Degenerative/progressive neurological disease, i.e., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease or other motor neuron type disease
- Fractures with consequent loss of independent function not requiring surgery
- General debilitation secondary to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or other systematic disease causing limited mobility and deficits in self-care.
The Direct Admission Program provides patients with rapid access to a rehabilitation program that can assist them with maximizing their independence. Patients will be assigned, based on their diagnosis, to the appropriate rehabilitation program and treatment team to maximize their outcome.
If you would like additional information, please call 936.444.1700.
Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital North Houston
117 Vision Park Blvd.
Shenandoah, Texas 77384
Ph: 936.444.1700
Fax: 936.444.1980
