Medicare Fast Appeal Clock (QIO)
Medicare fast appeal to the QIO for a hospital discharge or ending services.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Hospital discharge or other services ending
- Hospital discharge
- Planned discharge date, or date the notice was received
- 2026-10-09
Result: 42 CFR 405.1206(b)(1): ask the QIO for a fast appeal no later than the day of discharge, October 9, 2026.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Hospital discharge or other services ending
- Planned discharge date, or date the notice was received (YYYY-MM-DD)
- QIO received the request (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Date services are to end (YYYY-MM-DD)
How this is calculated
Citation
42 CFR 405.1206 (hospital discharge: request by the day of discharge; QIO decides within 1 day of the information; liability protection until noon the day after the decision), 405.1200 and 405.1202 (ending services: notice 2 days before; request by noon the next day; QIO decides in 72 hours). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.