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Fine Tune Your Observation Services With the 2-Midnight Rule and More

Published on Thu Sep 10, 2015

Wipe out your woes with this package of 5 tips and 3 examples. The order to admit a patient as an inpatient or observation status is the clinician’s prerogative, but the consequences are for all. The OIG has raised an alarm that identical beneficiaries are receiving identical services as either inpatients or outpatients in different hospitals. This situation and compliance [...]
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