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Deciding when outpatient procedures warrant inpatient status

It's a scenario that plays out at hospitals across thecountry each day. A Medicare patient is scheduled for a procedure typically performed on an outpatient basis. But the patient has a number of preexisting health conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or diabetes, which are going to make the surgery and recovery more complicated.

 

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