<\/a>When a Medicare beneficiary is hospitalized, whether you are coded as “admitted” or under “observation” makes all the difference in the world if you are looking at Medicare paying any cost of care for your rehab in a nursing home in Michigan.<\/p>\n I just finished my Wester Michigan University-Cooley Law School student finals and as part of the final exam I had a question regarding a loved one being in the hospital for observation for 3 days then needing 2 months of rehab. \u00a0The crux of the issue was how Medicare treats people who are in a hospital for observation versus being admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n The difference is whether Medicare will pay any cost of care for the rehabilitation.<\/p>\n Access, Area Agency on Aging 1-B newspaper had a great article discussing this as well.<\/p>\n If you are on Medicare Part A and spend 3 midnights in a hospital and (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When a Medicare beneficiary is hospitalized, whether you are coded as “admitted” or under “observation” makes all the difference in the world if you are looking at Medicare paying any cost of care for your rehab in a nursing home…<\/span><\/p>\nMedicare Part A Coverage of Rehab<\/h1>\n