Observation Status in Hospitals-A MUST read! 3-3-17

As if being in a hospital wasn’t tough enough, patients on Medicare (those 65 and older) are now facing potentially huge out-of-pocket costs if they are placed on “observation status” instead of being formally admitted. And when such a patient then goes from the hospital to a nursing home, the bill from that stay, too, can be catastrophic.   Click on the link above for more information.