Quote of the Day

“There used to be the feeling among doctors that admitting patients the day before surgery and getting a good night’s sleep in the hospital before surgery was a good thing to do. But now that hospitals are being audited, they have to be more conscious about doing things that are noncompliant and one of those things is admitting patients before surgery for a convenience night.”



— Ronald Hirsch, M.D., vice president of regulations and education at Accretive Physician Advisory Services, told AIS’s Report on Medicare Compliance.