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Toolkit . Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility coverage And Jimmo v. Sebelius _____. 1. Introduction Jimmo v. Sebelius, No. 11-cv-17 (D. VT), is a nationwide class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries who received care in skilled nursing facilities, home health care, and outpatient therapy and who were denied Medicare coverage on the basis that they were not improving or did not demonstrate a potential for improvement (known as the Improvement Standard). On January 24, 2013, the District Court for the District of Vermont approved a Settlement in Jimmo between attorneys for the Jimmo plaintiffs (the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Vermont Legal Aid) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
3 4. Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 8 of the Medicare – Benefit Policy Manual (“Coverage of …
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