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New Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules for justifying assigning inpatient status to a patient require physicians to document why inpatient admission is necessary and why they anticipate a stay of at least two consecutive midnights.

Compliance with billing rules likely to come up in suits — Newly required documentation can help defense