Out-of-pocket costs related to observation stays hurting Medicare patients

The trend to have patients undergo “observation  stays” to determine if formal admission is required appears to be generating cumulative out-of-pocket costs that sometimes exceed deductibles, a report posted on endonurse.com indicates. Read the article here…

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