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Lifetime reserve days. (Redirected from Lifetime Reserve Days) Lifetime reserve days are additional days that the United States health care system Medicare Part A will pay for when a beneficiary is in a hospital for more than 90 days during a benefit period. Beneficiaries are limited to a total of 60 reserve days over the course of their life.
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.