Three-day rule: Know the details to stay in compliance
Health Care Auditing Strategies, December 1, 2008
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Some call it the three-day rule. Others call it the DRG preadmissions rule. Some say to-mat-o. Some say to-ma-to. Either way, the CMS payment rule for outpatient services treated as inpatient raises plenty of compliance questions and challenges.
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