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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.
Whenever admitted to a hospital for a new spell of illness or benefit period, a beneficiary is entitled to another 90 days of Part A coverage. In addition, each Medicare beneficiary has a lifetime reserve of 60 days that the beneficiary may elect to use toward one or more hospital stays.42 C.F.R. Â§ 409.61 [a] [2]. However, if the beneficiary has elected to apply the 60 reserve days to a previous hospital stay, the lifetime reserve is exhausted.henever admitted to a hospital for a new spell of illness or benefit period, a beneficiary is entitled to another 90 days of Part A coverage. In addition, each Medicare beneficiary has a lifetime reserve of 60 days that the beneficiary may elect to use toward one or more hospital stays.