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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Medicare Beneficiaries File Class Action Suit Over Hospital 'Observation Status'
The lawsuit challenges Medicare's use of this practice, which classifies certain hospital patients as not having been formally admitted for billing purposes, even though they might have been in the hospital for days. The impact is that these patients are responsible for higher hospital costs and are also denied Medicare coverage for some types of follow-up care.
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