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At least two Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have set their sights on observation services, and there may be more to come. WPS is auditing observation stays that are longer than 48 hours in ...

Of all the complex rules that plague fee-for-service Medicare, few are harder to understand and potentially more important for seniors than observation status. By now, many older adults have heard the ...

After a workplace accident, it's often very easy to see where things went wrong. After all, hindsight is 20/20. But what if we could have that same clarity before an accident occurred? What if we ...