Medicare Loophole Hurts Those on Medicare

Medicare Loophole Hurts Those on Medicare

Patient status (in-patient vs. out-patient) impacts how Medicare pays. Beware what billing status a hospital classifies an incoming patient because if it is as “outpatient”, which it often is, Medicare will not pay any follow-up nursing home costs, which can have a financial impact that can be devasting.  For example, a Medicare recipient recently was…