DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 10 (October)

‘3-day payment window' expansion will hit hospital-owned physician practices

Practices that are hospital owned will want to take a close look at the recent expansion of Medicare's "three-day payment window" for hospitals. That's because if your practice comes under Medicare's definition of being "wholly owned or operated" by a hospital, you could find your physicians' services bundled into the hospital inpatient payment if the patient is admitted up to three days after the office visit.

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