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Distribution of Time Documented as Spent on Observation Unit Disposition Process

2024-12-13 emergency medicine Title + abstract only
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IntroductionEmergency Department (ED) Observation Units (OUs) are increasingly-common. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement policies incentivize documenting longer times spent on the disposition/discharge process ([≥]31 minutes). In addition, there is a well-recognized phenomenon of "terminal digit preference (ending times in 0 or 5). The Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) EDs OU disposition process is performed by physician assistants (PAs). This study investig...

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