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Proposed OPPS rule suggests tweaks to 2-midnight rule

The 2-midnight rule may get a little tweak if the proposals in CMS' 2016 OPPS proposed rule comes to fruition. The rule proposes that physicians now be granted a little more flexibility when it comes to ordering inpatient admissions, even when the stay is expected to be less than two midnights?provided of course that the stay is justifiable from a medical standpoint and the physician clearly documents his or her thinking on the case.

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