I cannot find that well-defined set of clinically appropriate circumstances.
Thank you very much. We appreciate all of you.
For Medicare, if I am on Medicare, a utilization manager is going to make that decision.
I mean, do we have to wait for the next RAC contract to be finalized before we would implement those suggestions?
We need to understand what is causing it and we need to make sure that it makes sense, most importantly, for the patient...
Yes. You guys really need to get after this in the next contract.
I will begin with questions and then ask the other Senators to make their questions.
I have to go to the emergency room for something. Who makes the decision whether or not my status is observation or whet...
I certainly want to thank Senator Collins for all of the years of work she has put into this issue, and I know her knowl...
As Senator McCaskill said, it can be thousands of dollars because there is no limit on that 20 percent in observation.
Thank you, Senator Collins, for giving me the opportunity to remember how it was in the good old days.