The Jimmo Settlement: Its Importance and Implementation to Date: A Conversation With Margaret Murphy (November 10th)
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Listen Now In 2011 a 78 year old blind, amputated Vermont woman, Ms. Glenda Jimmo, was denied physical therapy services under Medicare because her condition was determined to not likely improve. Because Medicare therapy services via skilled nursing, home health and outpatient care never required the patient "improve" in order to receive services and because thousands of other Medicare beneficiaries along with Ms. Jimmo had been denied therapy the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Vermont Legal Aid filed a class action suit against the federal government, i.e., Jimmo vs. Katheleen Sebelius. After 11 months of negotiations, a settlement agreement was reached in late 2012 that affirmed there is no "improvement standard" required to be met for beneficiaries to receive therapy services. That is care would no longer be denied due to a Medicare beneficiary's lack of restoration potential.
The Jimmo Settlement: Its Importance and Implementation to Date: A Conversation With Margaret Murphy (November 10th)
The Jimmo Settlement: Its Importance and…
The Jimmo Settlement: Its Importance and Implementation to Date: A Conversation With Margaret Murphy (November 10th)
Listen Now In 2011 a 78 year old blind, amputated Vermont woman, Ms. Glenda Jimmo, was denied physical therapy services under Medicare because her condition was determined to not likely improve. Because Medicare therapy services via skilled nursing, home health and outpatient care never required the patient "improve" in order to receive services and because thousands of other Medicare beneficiaries along with Ms. Jimmo had been denied therapy the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Vermont Legal Aid filed a class action suit against the federal government, i.e., Jimmo vs. Katheleen Sebelius. After 11 months of negotiations, a settlement agreement was reached in late 2012 that affirmed there is no "improvement standard" required to be met for beneficiaries to receive therapy services. That is care would no longer be denied due to a Medicare beneficiary's lack of restoration potential.