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QUESTION: My mother was in the Emergency Room (ER) and they couldn’t find out exactly what was wrong. The doctor recommended her staying at the hospital for observation. She has been there three days ...

At least two Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have set their sights on observation services, and there may be more to come. WPS is auditing observation stays that are longer than 48 hours in ...

Of all the complex rules that plague fee-for-service Medicare, few are harder to understand and potentially more important for seniors than observation status. By now, many older adults have heard the ...

After a workplace accident, it's often very easy to see where things went wrong. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But what if we could have that same clarity before an accident occurred? What if we ...

Observation is a sci-fi thriller that was developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital on May 21, 2019. The game’s plot follows an astronaut, Dr. Emma Fisher, as she tries to unravel a ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has trumpeted the recent drop in hospital readmissions among Medicare patients as a major advance for patient safety. But lost amidst the ...