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CMS Finalizes Medicare Observation Appeals Processes

What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established appeals processes for Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted as inpatient but whose status changed to outpatient observation during their hospital stay.  

What else to know: The appeals processes only apply to patients enrolled in traditional Medicare, not patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage.  

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