Following resuscitation with naloxone, clinicians commonly recommend an observation period to monitor for rebound apnea and other symptoms. Patient refusal of this recommendation is common, although ...

Patients, take note: Starting Oct. 1, those who spend more than 24 hours in the hospital could receive notice that they’ve been placed on something known as “observation status.” It’s a technical term ...

Medicare patients alone admitted to observation status—now roughly 1.8 million annually. Yet even for clinicians, misunderstandings about observation status abound—as demonstrated by the complexity of ...

Efforts to tighten the criteria for hospital admissions or avoid costly readmissions may have an unintended consequence. As Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers closely scrutinize whether patients ...

If you're on Medicare and you're in the hospital for a few days, you may think you're an inpatient. The hospital may have other ideas. Increasingly, hospitals are placing older patients on ...

A sharply increasing number of Lee Memorial Health System patients spend a day or more in hospital beds without being fully “admitted,” billing classifications that can potentially add thousands to ...

Hospitals regularly assign staff members to visually observe high-risk patients. See how facilities can take advantage of a virtual patient solution that lower staff costs without compromising patient ...

U.S. health centers are facing increased Medicare scrutiny for costly and unnecessary hospital admissions Under observation designation can significantly affect Medicare coverage Lee Memorial Health ...

“Observation status” patients cost hospitals more money than admitted inpatients, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Data from the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ...

Loretta Jackson spent five days in a Santa Rosa hospital in April 2009 for severe back and leg pain, and as a Medicare beneficiary, she expected the federal program for the elderly would cover her ...