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Office of the Inspector General Two-Midnight Rule

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OIG Report Details Weaknesses in Enforcement of Two-Midnight Rule

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CMS estimates that between 2017 and 2021, Medicare Part A improperly paid $23.9 billion for inpatient hospital stays, with $7.8 billion attributable to short stays that did not qualify for Medicare Part A. On June 13, 2024,...more

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New Medicare Advantage Regulations Add Provider and Beneficiary Protections Against Plan Utilization Management Policies

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On April 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule (CMS-4201-F) regarding the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D programs. The Final Rule includes changes related to various aspects of...more

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Court of Appeals Affirms Ruling that Hospital Utilization Review Committee’s Medicare Part A Inpatient Reclassifications Trigger...

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On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that the Secretary of HHS violated the due process rights of Medicare beneficiaries by failing to provide an administrative...more

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OIG Announces Resumption of Medicare Inpatient Short Stay Audits

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In its November 2020 Work Plan update, OIG announced it will begin auditing short stay inpatient hospital claims under the Two Midnight Rule, and when appropriate, recommend overpayment collections. OIG does not specify the...more

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HHS OIG Issues Report on Medicare’s 2-Midnight Rule

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On December 19, 2016, the HHS OIG issued a report on Medicare’s 2-midnight rule titled “Vulnerabilities Remain Under Medicare 2-Midnight Hospital Policy.” The report reviews data from 2013 and 2014 and reaches several...more

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OIG Issues Report on Medicare’s ‘2-Midnight Hospital Rule’

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On December 19, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted a report examining the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) “2-Midnight Rule.” The OIG concluded that...more

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Significant Hospital Related Mid-Year Updated OIG Review Activities

This is the second of three alerts discussing the mid-year update to the Fiscal Year 2016 Work Plan issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). In the first alert we discussed the top management performance challenges...more

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