Jimmo v. Sebelius at 10 Years: A Call for Sustainable Implementation
Make Your Voices Heard
Wednesday, September 27 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET
In 2013, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Vermont Legal Aid along with additional counsel provided by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati settled a lawsuit with the Medicare program (the named defendant, Katherine Sebelius, was the Secretary of Health and Human Services at the time) challenging the so-called “improvement standard.” The lead plaintiff in this historic case was Glenda Jimmo, a Vermont Medicare beneficiary who was legally blind, living with brittle diabetes, and an amputated leg, who was denied Medicare coverage for home health care because she wasn’t improving. Other plaintiffs included the following organizational plaintiffs: the Alzheimer’s Association, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Parkinson’s Action Network (the Michael J. Fox Foundation), and United Cerebral Palsy.
Ten years later, many people have benefited from being able to get skilled nursing and therapy services in certain care settings when such services are to maintain one’s condition or slow decline. Too often, however, people are still denied Medicare-covered care because they aren’t improving or aren’t improving fast enough.
Please join us for this Jimmo Symposium, a new virtual meeting to hear from advocates, providers, beneficiaries, and others who will discuss practical tips and strategies for obtaining medically necessary services pursuant to the Jimmo settlement. We will also discuss ongoing challenges to getting and providing such care, and what we can do about it.
Thank you for joining us!
Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8620479458553065311