About Liz Seegert
Liz Seegert (@lseegert), is AHCJ’s topic leader on aging. Her work has appeared in NextAvenue.com, Journal of Active Aging, Cancer Today, Kaiser Health News and other outlets. She is a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University and co-produces the HealthCetera podcast.
Lisa Chedekel
It pays to read your email, according to AHCJ member Lisa Chedekel, co-founder of the Connecticut Health I-Team (C-Hit), a group of experienced journalists who provide in-depth reporting on health and safety issues in the Nutmeg state and surrounding region. She came across a new OIG report which supports an ongoing investigation into observational status of hospitalized Medicare patients.
Read her shared wisdom about the problem of patients placed on “observational status” and how she was able to back up anecdotal reports with hard data.
Liz Seegert (@lseegert), is AHCJ’s topic leader on aging. Her work has appeared in NextAvenue.com, Journal of Active Aging, Cancer Today, Kaiser Health News and other outlets. She is a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University and co-produces the HealthCetera podcast.
My father was put on this when he went to an emergency room in California. In 2 1/2 months he had
gone from rehab to hospital and back several times – he never came home. He passed in that time.
This was a very articulate/viable senior – no dementia. My concern is so much that I am pursuing a
legal review of his case. This should be a VERY big concern for all caregivers.