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Help a Medicare SNF patient understand a NOMNC before covered services end.
Estimated private-pay bill if coverage endsSample: Rehabilitation / NOMNC
$6,300
Contact Acentra Health using the NOMNC instructions by noon on 2026-10-23. The $6,300.00 estimate uses the documented stay and facility rate; it is not an award or guaranteed coverage.
- Who
- A patient or family caregiver coordinating an appeal while skilled rehabilitation is still needed.
- Where money leaks
- A Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage arrives during a nursing-facility stay.
- Market
- Original Medicare skilled nursing facility patients and caregivers.
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Presets:
How we got the number
SNF days covered so farAs of 2026-10-22, including admission day and 0 prior benefit-period days; assumes daily covered care through the earlier of review/end date.
22 daysUnused 100-day benefitPer benefit period. Unused days do not guarantee continued coverage; daily skilled-care eligibility still applies.
78 daysNOMNC services end
2026-10-24Fast-appeal deadlineNOMNC rule: BFCC-QIO request no later than 12 p.m. the day BEFORE the services-end date, in the facility's local time. Follow the notice's contact instructions; a draft alone does not file an appeal.
2026-10-23 at noonCoinsurance if coverage continues14 days at $217.00/day (2026 Original Medicare rate, benefit days 21-100). Same projected stay, capped at unused benefit days; excludes deductible and supplemental coverage.
$3,038.00Private-pay estimate14 planned days after coverage ends x $450.00 quoted daily rate. Gross bill, not guaranteed liability or appeal savings; other insurance may pay.
$6,300.00Contact Acentra Health using the NOMNC instructions by noon on 2026-10-23. The $6,300.00 estimate uses the documented stay and facility rate; it is not an award or guaranteed coverage.
Ready to send
ToAcentra Health, BFCC-QIO (Use the telephone number printed on your NOMNC)
SubjectFast appeal of NOMNC - Eleanor Brooks, Oak Meadow Skilled Nursing
GistRequest a fast review of the coverage termination and a detailed explanation of non-coverage.· Written in the recipient's language
I request a fast BFCC-QIO review of the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage dated 2026-10-22 for Eleanor Brooks at Oak Meadow Skilled Nursing. The notice lists 2026-10-24 as the date covered services end. The NOMNC deadline is noon on 2026-10-23, the day before that date, in the facility's local time. I believe skilled services should continue because: Daily skilled wound care and supervised transfers are still needed after hip surgery; the treating clinician recommends continuing skilled care. Please review the medical records and the facility's reasons for ending covered care. Please arrange for the detailed explanation of non-coverage and confirm receipt of this appeal and the next steps. I can provide the NOMNC and supporting care notes. Patient or authorized representative: Eleanor Brooks Contact: [add callback number and representative authority before submitting] I will follow the notice's instructions to contact your office; preparing this letter does not itself file the appeal.