Physician's Lunch & Learn
Admissions vs. Observation
Black and White Answers to Admissions Criteria and Observation Services
Presented By: Kathy Whitmire
October 8, 2009

Calling All Hospital Based Physicians, Physician Practices, and Clinics
Register Now for this CAN'T MISS Live Webinar Recording!!

Don't miss this 1 hour Lunch and Learn discussion providing once and for all answers to all of your Admission Criteria and Observation Services questions. Focus will be specificallly on Medicare's New Requirements for ordering Observation Services and meeting Admission Requirements!

Webinar Objectives:
· Medicare’s new guidelines & definition of Inpatient Versus Observation
· Physician documentation requirements when ordering observation services
· Appropriate procedure for moving a patient from Inpatient to observation using Condition Code 44
· How to determine if and when observation services begin