At least two Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have set their sights on observation services, and there may be more to come. WPS is auditing observation stays that are longer than 48 hours in ...

Hospitals take a financial hit when patients are assigned observation status. Surprising study results show that "though the cost of hospital observation care costs less, reimbursement per encounter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. There was a voicemail waiting for me on Monday morning from ...

A camera films Dr. Emma Fisher, an astronaut aboard what seems to be an otherwise empty International Space Station, as she floats through the facility’s tangled modules just after some horrible ...

After a workplace accident, it's often very easy to see where things went wrong. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But what if we could have that same clarity before an accident occurred? What if we ...