Is your organization complying with the 2-midnight rule? Now is the time to conduct an internal audit and find out. If you don’t, a Medicare auditor may beat you to it.
As we await more instructions from CMS on implementation of the OPPS and MPFS final rule, I thought I would take this time to let those who missed the CMS notice know that they will be hosting another National Provider Call on Tuesday, January 14th from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. EST.Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
Last month, CMM outlined the new CMS 2014 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) guidelines, which revised inpatient admission standards (see correction on p. 4). This month we're going to offer some tips to assist you to help physicians document accurately, and inform you about some other changes that will affect the way case managers do business when it comes to meeting the new standard.
