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Proverbs 18:21 They followed Him, and He called them out “You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil, wicked? For out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks… For by your words, you will be justified and acquitted and by your words, you will be condemned and sentenced.” There’s no misunderstanding Jesus’ meaning concerning the words we speak. As a reminder, James, likening the tongue to a rudder, tells us our words are a choice, causing us to question how we can bless God and curse men with the same tongue. Can good flow from evil or evil flow from good? The wisdom we live by is both death and life are in the power of the tongue. We ‘eat to the full’ of the fruit of our mouth, we live with the consequences of our words…and are satisfied. How satisfied are we… with our words? We’re called to speak truth, encourage and edify. Our words matter. Do they bring God, glory and pleasure? Once we release them, they can never be ‘unheard’, they echo throughout time. They can change the course of someone’s tomorrows. Lord, may the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart be pleasing to You, my Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Reveal to us how we’ve offended You with our words, convict our hearts. May we be quick to ask forgiveness of those You bring to mind.

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Health Medicare's Three-Day Rule Can Turn a Rehab Stay Into a Five-Figure Bill By Marvin Musick, Medicare's Three-Day Rule Can Turn a Rehab Stay Into a Five-Figure Bill A patient can spend three nights in a hospital, receive treatment from doctors and nurses and then be discharged to a rehabilitation facility, only to learn that Medicare will not pay for the next stage of care. The problem may not be the medical diagnosis, the need for therapy or the quality of the rehabilitation center. It may be a technical distinction the patient never knew to ask about: whether the hospital classified the stay as inpatient care or outpatient observation. Under Original Medicare’s general rules, Part A coverage for a skilled nursing facility ordinarily requires at least three consecutive inpatient hospital days before the patient enters the facility. The day of discharge does not count, and time spent under observation generally does not count because observation is classified as outpatient care even when the patient sleeps in a hospital bed for several nights. A qualifying skilled nursing admission must generally occur within 30 days after the hospital stay and relate to the condition treated during that hospitalization. That technical distinction can have major financial consequences. Medicare is not a general nursing-home benefit, and it does not promise 100 days of free rehabilitation simply because a physician recommends additional care. Coverage depends on the hospital stay, the type of services required, the facility’s Medicare certification and whether the patient continues to need skilled care. Families who misunderstand any one of those conditions may discover that an expected Medicare benefit has become a private bill. Three Nights in a Hospital May Not Satisfy the Three-Day Rule