[7] The 8th Census (1860) allotted 11 Representatives to Virginia. the Union, the new state was assigned three Members of the House. Upon Virginiaâs return to the Union in 1870, eight Members represented it.
Inpatient status is what we typically think of as someone being admitted to the hospital. Observation status is a type of outpatient status. However, someone in hospital observation status can spend several days and nights actually inside the hospital, even though he's technically an outpatient.
The distinction made between patients who go to the emergency room and those whose hospitalization is planned suggests that CMS's concern with observation status is primarily to do with patients who arrive in the hospital through the emergency room.