Stakeholders take NOTICE of mounting observation status reform legislation
Billing Alert for Long-Term Care, June 1, 2015
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In mid-March, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act (H.R. 876). As a result, the bill is now poised to become the first to gain legal standing among a collection of proposed legislation aimed at remedying today's fallout from observation status.
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