13 Sep 2016

When does Medicare pay for long-term care treatment?

For many years, the general rule on whether Medicare would pay for the cost of a stay in a long-term care facility was as follows: if the person spent 3 “midnights” in a hospital then went to a long-term care facility for therapy for the...

Proposes “Homebound” Policy Could Affect Medicare Coverage

Joe Mattera

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Many people rely on Medicare to cover medically necessary home care services. In what can best be described as an “oversight”, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require new criteria for purposes of meeting the homebound requirement. This may cause many Medicare...

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When does Medicare pay for long-term care treatment?

Proposes “Homebound” Policy Could Affect Medicare Coverage