Federal court weighs in on admission-status decision making
Case Management Insider, February 17, 2015
Who has the ultimate say when it comes to admission status?
A U.S. Court of Appeals recently rejected the argument by the Obama administration that doctors alone—and not Medicare—have the authority to decide where patients should be placed. The hospital patient admission status case is now heading back to district court for further review.
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