Who Is Glenda Jimmo and Why Should My Team Know About Her?

You have known hundreds of patients just like Glenda Jimmo. Elderly, diabetic, multiple comorbidities. But this Vermont senior and mother of four will be forever known in history as the one who fought against the federal government, at the age of 76, and won. Ms. Jimmo was the lead plaintiff in a 2011 class-action lawsuit seeking to broaden Medicare’s criteria for covering physical therapy and other care delivered by skilled professionals. In this article, learn why patients do not always have to show progress in order to qualify for skilled therapy, even though many of us in the rehab world had it ingrained in our brains that patients need to demonstrate progress in order to qualify for Medicare coverage.