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31 Pa. Code § 88.143. One period of confinement.

§ 88.143. One period of confinement.

 One period of confinement means one or more separate or combined periods of confinement in a hospital, for the same or related causes not separated by an interval of at least 6-consecutive months between the end of one such period and the beginning of the succeeding period. When succeeding confinements for the same or related causes are separated by such a 6-month interval, the second confinement will be considered a new period of confinement and any applicable benefit limits will be restored.


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