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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 2017, the Part A deductible is $1,316 per benefit period. After that, youâll pay nothing in coinsurance for the first 60 days of your stay, $329 per day for days 61-90, and $658 per âlifetime reserve dayâ after day 90. You get 60 lifetime reserve days total.