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Medicare has a provision of Lifetime Reserve Days. Medicare recipients have a total of 60 of these days available to be used only once in the recipientsâ lifetime. The Medicare entitlement for in-patient care is limited to 90 days per benefit period. At the end of this period the must leave the hospital.
In case they need to stay longer than the time allotted per benefit period, they can use lifetime reserve days to remain covered for the rest of their stay. For example, a patient allowed only 90 days per coverage period uses 10 lifetime reserve days to stay for 100 days in a facility.