It’s a beautiful spring day in April in Northeast Ohio, and there are four inches of snow on the ground. It’s covering the daffodils and the apple blossoms. This is not unusual nor unexpected,...
Hospital doctors are seniors’ best allies in observation stay conflicts, geriatric care group finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 25, 2013
Hospital physicians are the best recourse for seniors who have problems related to “observation status,” according to a new survey from the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care...
Providers, patient advocates decry Medicare’s 48-hour ‘observation’ status
Sep 02, 2010
Nursing home providers, hospital groups and Medicare patient advocates recently unloaded their opinions about Medicare’s 48-hour “observation” status on federal regulators. And that was...
