UPDATE: CMS Provides New Guidance to Hospitals on How to Settle Inpatient Appeals

Representatives for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a conference call on October 9, 2014 to address ongoing questions and clarify the requirements for hospitals that want to settle the inpatient-status claims whose denials they have appealed. As discussed in a recent Arent Fox client alert, the CMS settlement offer will pay hospitals 68 percent of the amount at issue. The additional clarifications may impact the evaluation of whether to settle.

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