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Friday, March 13, 2026
Observation vs Inpatient:
Compliance, Contracts, and the Reality of Hospital Status Decisions
Placing a patient in Observation ServicesÂ
may be the most debated 24 hours
in modern healthcare.
Join us to learn when and how medical necessity, payer contracts, hospital economics, and regulatory risk collide. Â
Who Should Attend:
• Utilization Management
• Utilization Review
• Physician Advisors
• Healthcare Information Mgmt.
• Anyone else involved inÂ
healthcare operations roles
In this session, In this Finally Friday! panel discussion, we examine:
• When and Why Observation services are NOT a Patient
  Status
• How payer contracts influence admission decisions
• Why some hospitals intentionally maintain very low
  Observation rates
• The compliance and audit risks of an Inpatient-first strategy
We examine:
How physician advisors, UR teams, CDI specialists, and case managers can work together to improve status accuracy Along the way, we will address the question many clinicians quietly ask:
Is "placing a patient in Observation" actually broken?
Join us for a candid, strategic discussion
about best practices and action plans...
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