Two Midnight Rule Compliance
Integrate standardized review protocols into status determination workflows to establish a defensible clinical narrative at the point of admission. This proactive approach ensures inpatient classifications align with CMS guidelines and payor-specific mandates to seamlessly prevent status-related denials.
How We Support Our Clients
Our approach relies on a comprehensive, multi-step process rooted in Reliable Care Organization (RCO) principles.
We review the admitting physician’s contemporaneous documentation to ensure a clear, reasonable expectation of a two-midnight stay is established based on the patient’s presenting symptoms and clinical acuity.
We cross-reference patient clinical data against nationally recognized evidence-based criteria to verify that the intensity of service and severity of illness meet specific inpatient thresholds.
We perform a systematic comparison of the actual length of stay against the initial admission expectation to identify and resolve discrepancies or breakdowns in the status determination workflow.
We educate our clients on timely evaluation of cases against specific payor policies and updated CMS guidance to confirm that determinations meet all contractual and regulatory requirements before a claim is ever submitted.
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