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Medicare rules surrounding payment for observation status aren’t well understood outside of hospital walls, but the topic has started to make its way to Capitol Hill.
As Medicare patients increasingly get hit with large outpatient bills for hospitals stays that they thought were covered as inpatient care, lawmakers are taking notice.
Over the summer, members of Congress held hearings looking at how Medicare’s payment rules are affecting patients’ pocketbooks and their quality of care. Dr. Ann M. Sheehy, a hospitalist who has researched the use of observation status, testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Watch her full testimony online.
Medicare rules surrounding payment for observation status aren’t well understood outside of hospital walls, but the topic has started to make its way to Capitol Hill.
As Medicare patients increasingly get hit with large outpatient bills for hospitals stays that they thought were covered as inpatient care, lawmakers are taking notice.
Over the summer, members of Congress held hearings looking at how Medicare’s payment rules are affecting patients’ pocketbooks and their quality of care. Dr. Ann M. Sheehy, a hospitalist who has researched the use of observation status, testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Watch her full testimony online.
Medicare rules surrounding payment for observation status aren’t well understood outside of hospital walls, but the topic has started to make its way to Capitol Hill.
As Medicare patients increasingly get hit with large outpatient bills for hospitals stays that they thought were covered as inpatient care, lawmakers are taking notice.
Over the summer, members of Congress held hearings looking at how Medicare’s payment rules are affecting patients’ pocketbooks and their quality of care. Dr. Ann M. Sheehy, a hospitalist who has researched the use of observation status, testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Watch her full testimony online.
