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Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert

Observation Coding:

Don't Let Higher Dollars for Observation Services Catch You Off Guard

Published on Mon Jun 16, 2014

Look for higher payment but more packaging of services such as labs in 2014. Facilities have seen a big pay boost for facility observation services in 2014, but the news isn’t all good: the increase is from common ED procedures being bundled into the observation payment. With the two midnight rule controversy directing more scrutiny to the observation or inpatient [...]
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