"No clinicians really think in terms of justifying inpatient vs. outpatient ...

... [for compliance with Medicare. They say] 'call it whatever you want as long as I can treat the patient'.... Never underestimate a physician's ability to see something as unimportant because it has zero impact on the clinical care provided."

— Paul Simmons, M.D., assistant chief medical officer and physician advisor to case management at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, told AIS's Report on Medicare Compliance.