http://seniorhousingnews.com/2012/08/08/medicares-3-day-stay-rule-for-skilled-nursing-coverage-ripe-for-elimination/
I am dissappointed to learn that this bill (H.R. 1543 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011) which will eliminate the 3day Inpatient stay rule before SNF admissions only has 1% chance to pass. We need to keep trying because it does not make sense for some patients who does not fall into the 3 day category to waste healthcare dollars.
This outdated CMS rule makes no sense at all! On the positive side, I've heard there have been demonstration programs which have waived the 3 midnight stay rule, including some of the new Bundled Payment programs being proposed and applied for by various health care facilities.
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