Presented by Center for Medicare Advocacy Litigation Director Ali Bers and Senior Attorney Wey-Wey Kwok, with special guest Carol Wong, Associate Litigation Director at Justice in Aging, this webinar offers a preview of the appeals resulting from the Center’s class action on behalf of beneficiaries who have been harmed by “observation status.” The appeals allow certain hospital patients who are reclassified from inpatient to observation to appeal their status and potentially gain Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services that they otherwise would have to forgo or pay for out of pocket. Class counsel reviews the new regulations and procedures, which are expected to become operational in early 2025. The reviews the basics of both types of new appeals (retrospective and prospective), who can appeal, and steps that people who think they are class members can take.