Inpatient care is treatment you get when you stay in a hospital overnight. With outpatient care or procedures, you go home the same day. You get inpatient care when you've been formally admitted to a ...

Medical necessity determinations are not just a hot button issue with Recovery Audit Contractors RACs, but also with the other 'usual suspect' government auditors: Medicare administrative contractors ...

Hospital executives face a predicament. How can they improve inpatient capacity today while planning for a future in which demand for inpatient services is expected to decline? Industry forecasts ...

The long-term shift from hospital-based care toward more treatment delivered in the home and ambulatory centers picked up pace during the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to continue to gain momentum ...

Higher overall patient satisfaction with inpatient care and discharge planning is associated with lower 30-day readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality. Among patients 18 years or older, ...

Since the recession first began in 2008, hospitals and health systems have continually seen a drop in inpatient volumes. Most industry experts say they expect more of the same for the rest of 2014 and ...

TrustPoint Hospital offers comprehensive inpatient treatment for adults age 18 and older. Our hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, serves patients who have developed anxiety, depression, posttraumatic ...