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The End of the Medicare “Improvement Standard”

October 28, 2012 by bob mason

Medicare Improvement Standard A Myth

The false Medicare “Improvement Standard” under which the Medicare program and its payment contractors have sought to deny nursing home and other benefits for individuals who “fail to progress” or who have “plateaued” is about to be buried. The funeral is scheduled sometime after …

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BUSTING THE MEDICARE “PLATEAU” MYTH

February 28, 2011 by bob mason

I could retire if I had a dollar (better make it five dollars) for every client who had been told she would not qualify for further Medicare nursing home coverage because she was no longer improving or had “plateaued”. Nonsense. Time to bust a myth! Medicare Nursing Home …

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