CMS IPPS 2014 Final Rule

2-Midnight Benchmark• “…[W]e provided inpatient hospital admissionguidance specifying that a physician, or otherqualified practitioner (herein we will refer to thephysician, with the understanding that this canalso pertain to another qualified practitioner)should order admission if he or she expectsthat the beneficiary’s length of stay willexceed a 2-midnight benchmark or if thebeneficiary requires a procedure specified as‘inpatient-only’ under 419.22.”Page 50944, IPPS4