Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27.12.2023

Medicare Program: Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status

This proposed rule would implement an order from the Federal district court for the District of Connecticut in Alexander v. Azar that requires HHS to establish appeals processes for certain Medicare beneficiaries who are initially admitted as hospital inpatients but are subsequently reclassified as outpatients receiving observation services during their hospital stay and meet other eligibility criteria.