APPEAL ACADEMY’S FINALLY FRIDAY! LIVE

Medically Ready to Leave.
Nowhere To Go. — Part 2

The Medicare Day-20 Problem Nobody Can Solve With a Form

Friday, October 2, 2026 · 1 p.m. ET / noon CT

The chart says “awaiting placement.” But what is actually keeping the patient in the hospital—and who can remove that barrier?

Join host Ernie de los Santos and featured guest Juliet B. Ugarte Hopkins, MD, ACPA-C, Chief Medical Officer, Phoenix Medical Management, for Part B of this practical discussion.

• What a useful placement record should show.
• How certification and placement documentation work together.
• When to reassess the discharge plan.
• How to escalate payment, contract, legal, and home-support barriers.
• How to connect the barrier to an action and an owner.

Missed Part 1? We’ll begin with a short recap. Bring your questions and de-identified examples.

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Educational discussion only. Not legal advice. Speaker opinions are their own.