Admissions Coding:
Be Sure You're Up to Speed on the New 'Over Two Midnights' Rule
Published on Fri Nov 08, 2013
Warning: CMS has a different perspective on ‘inpatient’ or ‘observation’ than you’ve been using. The final update to the 2014 IPPS (Inpatient Prospective Payment System) contained a surprise for hospitals: new rules for determining whether a patient should be admitted as an inpatient versus admitted to observation. These new rules were implemented along with the IPPS update on October 1, [...]