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Sep 20th, 2014 - GR8CODER

CAH observation to inpatient Medicare patient

When a Medicare patient in placed in an observation bed for 28 hours (one date to the next), then an order is written to admit to inpatient status, does a CAH need to create two separate claims, one for outpatient (observation) and one starting with inpatient status change?



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