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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

MA Final Rule: CMS Requires Two-Midnight Rule, Puts Limits on Internal Coverage Criteria

In what passes for neon lights in the regulatory world, CMS said Medicare Advantage (MA) plans must follow the two-midnight rule, its case-by-case exception and the inpatient-only (IPO) list, according to the final 2024 rule...more

King & Spalding

CMS Temporarily Suspends QIO Patient Status Reviews of Short Stay Inpatient Claims under the Two Midnight Rule

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According to press reports, on May 4, 2016, CMS directed Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIOs) tasked with reviewing the appropriateness of short stay inpatient claims under the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Cinderella May Not Turn Into a Pumpkin After All: The Proposed Relaxation of the Two-Midnight Rule

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On July 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Proposed Rule regarding the 2016 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”). The Proposed Rule, in addition to proposing updates...more

Baker Donelson

CMS Proposes Limited Exception to Two-Midnight Rule and QIO Review of Short Stays

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In the 2016 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule, CMS promised to provide further guidance on the controversial "two midnight" rule in the forthcoming outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) rule....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Proposes to Modify—but Continues to Stand Behind—its “Two-Midnight” Rule

The “Two-Midnight” rule is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) billing policy which bases the appropriateness of payments for inpatient services under Medicare Part A versus Part B on provider expectations...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

The Probe and Educate Process For The Two-Midnight Rule

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On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rule for the 2014 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”), effective October 1, 2013.[1] Introduced in the IPPS...more

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