The U.S. House of Representatives plans to weigh in on a possible five-year extension of the CMS waiver for acute hospital care at home. The House will consider the Hospital Inpatient Services ...

When they are done on an outpatient basis, the very same procedures won’t come with a possible three-day stay needed to trigger coverage of skilled nursing care.

Skilled nursing leaders are renewing calls to eliminate the three-day stay rule in light of a policy change that the Centers ...

Physician staffing shortages are serious, with rural hospitals in particular having a difficult time keeping enough doctors ...

Not every individual who struggles with depression will experience suicidal urges or severe symptoms that require a higher level of care. But if you do, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization can be a ...

A rising population and the aging of the baby boomer generation will lead to a 67 percent increase in demand for inpatient beds over the next four decades, according to a study published in the ...

An inpatient COPD care pathway embedded in the EHR was linked to shorter hospital stays, lower costs, more pulmonary rehabilitation referrals, and higher discharge-to-home rates without increasing ...

Medicare Part A covers eligible inpatient mental health services. A doctor must determine that your condition is medically necessary and can be treatable most effectively at an inpatient facility. The ...

New 21-Bed Inpatient Pediatric Mental Health Center Adds Critical Care Beds to Address Urgent Behavioral and Mental Health ...