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CMS Issues Final Rule on Appeals of Observation Status

What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that establishes an appeals process for Medicare enrollees who are initially admitted as hospital inpatients but are subsequently reclassified as outpatient observation patients.  What else to know: The new regulations create processes for both retrospective appeals and prospective appeals. CMS...

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