Medicare, Observation Care, and the Two-Midnight Rule : CRS In Focus.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medical services.

Health facilities.

Hospitals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (2 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Discusses CMS two-midnight rule, implemented to clarify to hospitals when an inpatient admission is considered medically necessary. Explains observation care, which is characterized as a component of emergency medicine that allows hospitals to triage patients who do not immediately require inpatient admission but are too sick to discharge immediately. Considers implications of inpatient and outpatient hospital status, summarizes reviews of short inpatient stays, and highlights recent shanges to the two-midnight rule.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Oct. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicare, Observation Care, and the Two-Midnight Rule

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