title: Is it time to retire (or at least semiretire) observation?
abstract: Observation status is at the center of a lawsuit and a legislative effort and is a challenge to hospitals, case managers, and, especially, Medicare beneficiaries. This Editorial discusses the problems, the efforts, and hopeful solutions to this health care dilemma.
authors: Suzanne K
authors: SK
authors: Powell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D057832:Watchful Waiting / Q000191:economics*