Subject says it all. Original plan was intense therapy for two weeks inpatient, then 2-4 weeks inpatient less intense facility. Now at 11 days in hospital gets call from insurance last night to discharge her today TO HOME! I work, should I appeal to delay the discharge, what do I do. My wife is doing well physically but has very low cognitive skills (brain damage). THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!!!
Further, if it is no longer authorized by Medicare....the Medicare part B supplemental insurance also stops payment for the service. Supplemental insurance is authorized ONLY through Medicare. No Medicare payment means no supplemental insurance payment either.
You can push back on the discharge. Insist that the inpatient services work to find a rehab for her. You can submit an appeal to the discharge...but, they act fairly quickly on those, so you would be unlikely to gain more than a day or 2 at the most.
He said/she said. LOL
This reminded me of when my Mom lived in Rehab, Mom was telling us that she was walking, etc. which surprised us as she had a serious head trauma due to a fall. Turns out Mom never was walking, she couldn't even stand. There was nothing more that OT/PT could do for her. Thus the facility decided Mom should either move back home or into long-term-care.