Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law.
A settlement was recently reached in a pending Federal Court case tht will benefit Medicare beneficiaries who require skilled services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer require that a patient “improve” inorder to be entled to services. Jimmo v. Sebelius, No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt.), filed January 18, 2011
“New policy provisions will state that skilled nursing and therapy services necessary to maintain a person’s condition can be covered by Medicare.”
See: “Settlement Reached to End Medicare’s “Improvement Standard”
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