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Wiki Reimbursing for Observation

Thread starter karenkearns
Start date Jul 28, 2015

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Jul 28, 2015

I have a facility bill that is billing for 90 hours of observation care. The facility was waiting for the pt. to be transferred to a SNF. There is no admit order.
How would medicare pay for this? Since observation can only be for 72 hours, can I just pay for 72 of the 90 hours??
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