Despite the JIMMO settlement, Medicare benefits are being prematurely terminated
Back in January 2013 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) settled a class action lawsuit called Jimmo v Sebelius concerning premature cutoffs of skilled care benefits under Medicare Part A. The problem was that patients in skilled care facilities after hospitalizations, who were placed there for skilled nursing and rehabilitation, were finding that their benefits were being cut...
Medicare and You: Skilled care can continue despite failure to improve.
I received the attached video links from an elder lawyer colleague in Massachusetts . These are two videos designed to raise the awareness of Outpatient Status under Medicare and the Improvement Standard for patients and their advocates. The situations arise when a patient who is a Medicare beneficiary requires skilled therapy following a hospitalization. Historically, therapy would be stopped...
Medicare Rehab: What does the Jimmo Settlement Mean for You?
On January 24, 2013, a settlement was reached in a class-action suit called Jimmo v. Sebelius, which was pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. As noted in yesterday’s blog, Medicare Part A will pay for up to 100 days of skilled care services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) following a hospitalization of three days or more, if medically necessary and all...