inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt 
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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The sky is falling, Medicare IPPS edition Medicare proposed a 2.6% pay bump for hospitals next year, Tara reports from the big inpatient payment rule that came out last week.
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Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
The conditions of Kelly Richardson’s release, including whether she will be required to attend an inpatient rehab program, will be discussed at a hearing Friday.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
While the measure provides more than $4 billion in funds for both inpatient (which often is involuntary) and outpatient treatment centers, the proposition’s cuts to outpatient services means that counties will have little incentive to build outpatient facilities.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
The basis of his decision rested on whether Bohren felt her release to a group home or some form of inpatient care outside a secure mental health facility represented a risk to the community or to Geyser herself.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Taken together with Tri-City Medical Center’s closure of its 16 inpatient mental health beds in 2018, the move is a short-term blow to acute mental health services availability in North County.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
The former Connecticut health commissioner said concierge doctors join large hospital systems because of the institutions' reputations, while hospitals sign up concierge physicians to ensure referrals to specialists and inpatient care.
—Phil Galewitz | Kff Health News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Two patients had been at L.A. County General Hospital’s acute inpatient psychiatric unit for 423 days and 593 days, the report said.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
One such initiative is the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, established during the pandemic, which allowed hospitals to extend inpatient care to patients' homes.
—Jiang Li, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
The conditions of Kelly Richardson’s release, including whether she will be required to attend an inpatient rehab program, will be discussed at a hearing Friday.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
While the measure provides more than $4 billion in funds for both inpatient (which often is involuntary) and outpatient treatment centers, the proposition’s cuts to outpatient services means that counties will have little incentive to build outpatient facilities.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
The basis of his decision rested on whether Bohren felt her release to a group home or some form of inpatient care outside a secure mental health facility represented a risk to the community or to Geyser herself.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Taken together with Tri-City Medical Center’s closure of its 16 inpatient mental health beds in 2018, the move is a short-term blow to acute mental health services availability in North County.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
The former Connecticut health commissioner said concierge doctors join large hospital systems because of the institutions' reputations, while hospitals sign up concierge physicians to ensure referrals to specialists and inpatient care.
—Phil Galewitz | Kff Health News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Two patients had been at L.A. County General Hospital’s acute inpatient psychiatric unit for 423 days and 593 days, the report said.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
One such initiative is the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, established during the pandemic, which allowed hospitals to extend inpatient care to patients' homes.
—Jiang Li, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
Medical Definition
inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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