Medicare Panel: Ease Rehab Coverage For Seniors

WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel that advises Congress on Medicare policy says the government should make it easier for seniors to get covered for rehab after a short hospital stay. MedPAC said in a report Monday that Congress should revamp a rule that says to qualify for rehabilitation at a nursing facility, beneficiaries first must be hospitalized for three days as inpatients. The panel recommended that Medicare count up to two hospital "observation days" toward the three-day requirement. Hospitals routinely admit patients for observation, but that has Medicare billing implications.Read more on NewsOK.com

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