The Improvement Standard

You do not have to decline in order to receive Medicare coverage for care to maintain or slow declineToo often Medicare beneficiaries are told the care they are receiving to maintain their condition has to end and, if they decline, then they can … [Read more...] about Know Jimmo | You Do Not Have to Decline

See MLN Connects Newsletter (2024-02-08-MLNC, 2/8/2024)“Medicare covers skilled nursing care and skilled therapy services under skilled nursing facility, home health, and outpatient therapy benefits when a beneficiary needs skilled care to … [Read more...] about Know Jimmo | CMS Reiterates that Medicare Coverage is Available to Maintain Function or Slow Decline

In a February 2024 memo, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reminded Medicare Advantage organizations that the Jimmo Settlement...clarified that the Medicare program covers skilled nursing care and skilled therapy services under … [Read more...] about Know Jimmo | CMS Reminder to MA Plans

CMS Joins the Center for Medicare Advocacy to Advance Access to Medicare-Covered Skilled Care to Maintain One’s Condition or Slow DeclineIn 2011, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Vermont Legal Aid brought the Jimmo v. Sebelius class … [Read more...] about Know Jimmo | New CMS Implementation Activity!

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds the Medicare community of the Jimmo Settlement Agreement (January 2013), which clarified that the Medicare program covers skilled nursing care and skilled therapy services under … [Read more...] about Know Jimmo | Right from the Medicare Agency

Coverage does not turn on the presence or absence of potential for improvement but rather on the need for skilled care. Services can be skilled and covered when:CMS revised Medicare policy manuals, guidelines, instructions to reflect these … [Read more...] about Know Jimmo | It’s about the Care