Days in hospital under observation care might not qualify for Medicare coverage Senior advocates say technicality is unfair to patients Arguments begin Friday in lawsuit seeking to end ...

The issue of observation care has proven to be a financial sore point for hospitals, but a new study suggests it is creating similar issues for patients, according to a new study published in the ...

But other times patients who are kept for observation don't get special care – they are simply sent to a regular hospital bed and treated no differently than someone who's been admitted.

FINALIST HEALTH CARE INNOVATOR/RESEARCHThe innovation and advancement of a brand-new nursing care model, Virtual Nursing Observation Care, was born out of a need to help.

The number of Medicare observation patients rose to almost 2 million in 2014, 5% more than 2013, according to government statistics. The notice’s information on drug coverage has also raised ...

Sending seriously ill emergency room patients to outpatient observation—already under fire for the financial pain it inflicts on Medicare patients—obviously hurts ... - Value Based Care ...

Under low complexity of problems addressed, "1 acute, uncomplicated illness or injury requiring hospital inpatient or observation level of care," will be added to the list.

Since hospital outpatient (observation) care did not exist until the 1980s, it seems likely that legislative intent was to count all hospital nights toward the three-night requirement.

Check out photos taken with each phone from the observation deck of One World Trade Center in New York City: Starting with the Galaxy S20 Ultra's ultra-wide camera.

A one-week observation has been held at the Presbyterian Senior High School park in Tema Community 11 in honor of the late Ekow Blankson. The event saw sympathizers, his family, colleagues from ...