Medicare approved facility

Hi All, Yes, I am caught in the waiting game of a hospital that will take Medicare and is certified! There are few hospitals on the west coast that are certifed YET and the one on Washington coast does not accept Medicare from what I understand. (do not quote me on that) I have been to Spokane and have a doctor and everything is a go WHEN Sacred Heart is approved! I have searched and searched the web trying to get answers as to how long the wait in ONCE the hospital has submitted their paper work. Dr.s' office told me they say 30 days but with everyone jumping on the wagon she expects 60 days. Finally yesterday I found a site that says it looks to me like about 3 months to "provisional approval" from the time the application was FIRST sent in. My understanding of what I have read thus far, then Medicare will pay for surgeries done, but the institute must apply for "full approval" and that will be approved/denied within 6 months of that request. Hope this will be of help to anyone else on Medicare and trying to wander through all the hoops. If anyone else has more or more current info, please share with us.