Hospitals must now tell patients of observation care status

By Susan Jaffe Conn. Health I-Team writer This story was reported under a partnership with the Connecticut Health I-Team (www.c-hit.org).
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Starting today, a new state law requires Connecticut hospitals to tell all patients when they are being kept in the hospital for observation instead of being admitted and to warn them about the financial consequences. Anyone who goes to the hospital...

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