New year, new right to appeal. In 2025, as a result of the Center’s class action lawsuit, certain Medicare beneficiaries will have a new right to appeal their placement on “observation status” in hospitals. Information about these appeals is now available on the Center’s website.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Webinar, recorded December 17, 2024
- Slides from the December 17, 2024 webinar
- Retrospective Appeals Infographic
- Observation status appeals resources
And register for our next webinar on January 22, 2025, at 2:00 PM Eastern. This webinar will again discuss how certain hospital patients who are reclassified from inpatient to observation will be able 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. It will also provide any updates or insights we have learned since the “retrospective” appeals became operational on January 1, 2025.
January 2, 2025 – A. Bers