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Pay-per-view: CMS shifts 2-midnight rule responsibility to QIOs, finalizes packaging expansion

APCs Insider, January 22, 2016

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CMS finalized its proposals regarding the 2-midnight rule, including moving responsibility for rule enforcement and education from Recovery Auditors to Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO). This latter change occurred October 1, 2015.

For stays in which the physician expects the patient will need less than two midnights of hospital care, inpatient admission may be allowed on a case-by-case basis determined by the judgment of the admitting physician. The documentation must support the admission and will be subject to review by a QIO. CMS expects inpatient admission for minor surgical procedures to be unlikely and will prioritize those cases for medical review. For hospital stays expected to last two midnights or longer, CMS policy remains unchanged.
 
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