Praxis Blog Good Clinical Documentation: A Win-Win for Providers and Patients

Medicare beneficiaries have been routinely denied continued-care at nursing facilities after discharge because their status was downgraded or designated from “in patient” to “observation” during their hospital stay. A federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut held in Alexander v. Azar that Medicare beneficiaries have a right to appeal their hospital designated status. Judge Michael Shea wrote: