The 2024 Medicare Advantage Final Rule changed inpatient coverage, requiring healthcare providers to reevaluate their patient strategies. Unlike traditional Medicare Part A, Medicare Advantage (MA) ...

A group of hospital associations and systems has initiated the process of challenging CMS’ new two-midnight rule and related policies, according to an AHA News report. Wake Forest Baptist Medical ...

Medicare uses the 2-midnight rule to determine whether to bill a hospital stay under Part A or Part B. This rule has implications for both costs and coverage. Original Medicare consists of Part A ...

Kodiak Solutions said its analysis of hospital inpatient and outpatient claims data suggests that payers are “continuing to apply their own criteria for inpatient admission and dismissing the ...