Recently, a new Medicare law has been passed for the benefit of patients that are under observation status in hospitals. As a senior care management company in Michigan, Senior Care Network wants to inform the public of this new development. The NOTICE Act, or the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Hospitals are now required to notify patients who are on observation/ outpatient status rather than admitted status.
Prior to this new notification law, patients could be kept in the hospital on observation/outpatient status and not be notified of this. The law was changed after some seniors experienced the negative financial consequences of not being formally admitted.
http://www.miseniorcare.com/senior-care-michigan-beware-nursing-home-coverage-loophole/
No comments:
Post a Comment