Case Presentation: A young African American man with no medical history presented with 4 months of progressive mid–low back pain along with 1 week of right leg and foot pain, numbness, and weakness. He described the back pain as dull and constant, with only slight improvement with ibuprofen. Family noted he had been walking “funny.” […]

Background: The designation of a patient as outpatient versus inpatient status at time of discharge affects how hospitals bill Medicare for services because the center for Medicaid and Medicare services (CMS) reimburses hospitals at a higher rate for inpatient when compared to outpatient designation(1). Since the fiscal year of 2014, one of the major benchmarks […]