HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2016 Issue 13 (April)
QIO short-stay audits tracking back farther than expected
April 5th, 2016
When the Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) took over the role of education and enforcement for the 2-midnight rule on October 1, 2015, many anticipated that their reviews would only look at records from that date forward, but some hospitals have reported QIO record requests zeroing in on cases as far back as May 2015 and requesting charts for inpatient-only surgeries.
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