Monitor Mondays

How is one major hospital system reducing observation hours?Listen to the next live edition of Monitor Mondays to find out; that’s when Mary Beth Pace will return, by popular demand, to continue her compelling discussion on how she and her team at Trinity Health are taking steps to reduce the volume of observation hours. With her laser focus on patient care, Pace will report on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) two-midnight rule, implemented in October 2013, continues to be misinterpreted by some insurance companies to their advantage, further obfuscating patient status determination.Pace will also discuss what should be done with payers who dictate billing status, regardless of the care provided.Other segments will include the following:The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Practus, will report the latest news about auditors, including the Recovery Auditors (RAs).  SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject matter expert on the social determina