Levindale Physicians Group

Chronic Disease Hospital

Levindale Physicians Group is a Chronic Disease Hospital practice in Baltimore, MD with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in crafting protocols to address the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of long-term illness. Chronic Disease Hospitals at Levindale Physicians Group perform regular progress checks to determine illness progression and treatment effectiveness. Chronic Disease Hospital is a long-term facility that diagnoses and treats chronic illness. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Chronic Disease Hospital practices include arthritis, diabetes, lung disease, heart disease, liver cirrhosis, and neurological disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Chronic Disease Hospital practices include lifestyle changes, medication, and surgery.

A hospital including a physical plant and personnel that provides multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment for diseases that have one or more of the following characteristics: is permanent; leaves residual disability; is caused by nonreversible pathological alteration; requires special training of the patient for rehabilitation; and/or may be expected to require a long period of supervision or care. In addition, patients require the safety, security, and shelter of these specialized inpatient or partial hospitalization settings. (2) A hospital that provides medical and skilled nursing services to patients with long-term illnesses who are not in an acute phase but who require an intensity of services not available in nursing homes.

Skilled Nursing Facility

A skilled nursing facility is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living. It meets any licensing or certification standards et forth by the jurisdiction where it is located. A skilled nursing facility may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation; (2) Provides non-acute medical and skilled nursing care services, therapy and social services under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse on a 24-hour basis.