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Not sure how to handle this - my LO has been in the nursing home for about 90 of his allowed 100 days of Medicare. Last week he got the "notice of non coverage" saying he had to be out in 2 days or Medicare would stop paying. Of course we appealed; at the end of the 2nd day (Friday after 5PM) we received the denial and immediately filed 2nd appeal Saturday morning. The NH never gave 30 days' discharge notice; never had a discharge meeting; never had the interdisciplinary meeting with us saying he had met his goals and was ready to go - we have had ZERO communication with them and in fact they have told us they refuse to write down anything. We met with them today and they claim they are NOT discharging him, which is why no discharge planning was done! Medicare just won't pay for him any more! However if we want him out WE can tell them we want him discharged! At this point we DO want him out -- however 2nd appeal is pending and it seems if you ask to be discharged while an appeal is pending you are automatically liable for the $895 daily charge. However you are ALSO liable if you lose the appeal (which is likely) so if we wait until it plays out we are possibly on the hook for even more money. This seems like a trap - they didn't do their job of preparing us for a safe discharge and are now dumping the responsibility on us knowing we will have to pay. Has anyone dealt with this before? What is the best way out?
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