Case Presentation: The patient was a 24‐year‐old white woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed 1 year ago. She presented with symptoms of diffuse postprandial abdominal pain, nausea, and generalized fatigue for a few months. Her symptoms acutely worsened over the course of 3 days, with radiation of sharp abdominal pain to the chest, […]

Background: Observation status was designed to reduce health care costs for patients in need of short hospital stays. CMS suggests that observation care should typically require less than 24 hours, and only rarely last more than 48 hours. However, studies suggest that length of stay for observation patients is often longer than CMS guidance.[1,2] An […]