Inpatient Admissions:
Get the Facts on 'Unforeseen Circumstances' vs. 'Exceptions' to 2-Midnight Rule
Published on Tue Feb 11, 2014
Here’s the scoop from the latest CMS provider call. The FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule gave providers a definition of what constitutes an “appropriate” inpatient admission—when a patient needs to stay at your hospital for over at least two midnights. Several CMS staff members further clarified the definition in a National Provider Call on January 14. [...]