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No issue generates more anger and confusion among Medicare recipients than observation status—that hospital stay that really isn’t a hospital stay. Over the holidays, I got an earful from three people ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. There was a voicemail waiting for me on Monday morning from ...

Although observation patients often receive care in a hospital’s inpatient unit, patients “under observation” are considered to have outpatient status under Medicare’s rules; they are not formally ...

Hospitals take a financial hit when patients are assigned observation status. Surprising study results show that "though the cost of hospital observation care costs less, reimbursement per encounter ...