On February 24, 2014, CMS posted additional guidance on its controversial "2 Midnight Rule" Medicare inpatient hospital admission and medical review criteria. Among other things, CMS is requesting Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to re-review claims denials made during the "probe and educate" phase of implementation to make sure that MACs are applying CMS clarifications issued in September 2013 and January 2014.
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