Our program is designed around the Minnesota Department of Human Services recuperative care benefit under Medical Assistance, plus the managed-care plans that cover most Minnesotans experiencing housing instability.
All five generally need to be present for a patient to be a fit for recuperative care. Edge cases are fine — just call.
Discharged, or pending discharge, from a hospital or medical facility.
Experiencing homelessness or housing instability — no safe, stable place to recover.
Medical conditions require supervision, but not an acute hospital or long-term SNF bed.
Currently residing in Minnesota (no fixed address is fine — homelessness doesn't disqualify residency).
Enrolled in or eligible for Medical Assistance (MA / Medicaid), or covered by UCare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medica, or Hennepin Health. Uninsured patients: we can help with rapid MA enrollment.
These aren't hard no's for every case — a quick phone call helps your team route the patient to the right level of care.
Patients who still need hospital-level monitoring, IV vasopressors, or continuous telemetry.
Patients requiring 24-hour skilled nursing belong in an SNF rather than recuperative care.
We don't operate a secured psychiatric or substance-use detox unit.
Patients pay nothing out of pocket when their coverage is active. Our billing team handles prior authorization, claims, and Medicaid paperwork — including rapid MA enrollment support for uninsured patients.
The core Minnesota Medicaid benefit for low-income adults. Recuperative care is a covered service under MHCP for eligible enrollees.
UCare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medica, and Hennepin Health all reimburse recuperative care as part of a managed MA or special-needs plan.
Nothing on this list is strictly required — we'll work with whatever you can send — but cases move fastest when these are attached to the referral.
Not necessarily. Housing instability — unsafe housing, doubled up, transitional, or short-term shelter — generally qualifies. If the patient has stable permanent housing, recuperative care is usually not the right benefit; home health may be a better fit.
In many cases, yes. We have MA enrollment support built into intake. Call us early — the sooner we can start the application, the sooner we can confirm coverage.
Most stays run 1–60 days, sized to the clinical plan. Longer stays are considered for continuing wound care, post-surgical recovery, or complex care coordination.
Yes, as long as the patient is medically stable and doesn't require secured detox. We work closely with community partners for ongoing recovery support.
We respond to every referral within 24 hours, and most same-day when submitted before 3pm on a business day.
Absolutely. We send weekly written progress notes to the referring team and are available by phone or email for ad-hoc check-ins.
Submit through our secure online form or call the intake nurse directly.
