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Watch Out for Disparity in Admission Status of Similar Patients

Published on Wed Oct 14, 2015

Learn to distinguish between observation and inpatient services. “We do not believe that observation services and inpatient services are the same services,” (78 FR 50911) states the Federal Register. Is this true at your hospital? Are there cases in which exactly the same services are provided? How do you distinguish between the two? Here are a few examples of common [...]
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