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Case Study: Formal Appeal Overturns Upheld Peer-to-Peer

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THE CHALLENGE Hospitals continue to face payer denials throughout the revenue cycle, including technical and administrative denials, as well as coding denials where Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) downgrades are a major pain point. Clinical denials are also rampant, whereby the payers are challenging the clinical judgement of providers despite clear evidence that, for example, inpatient […]

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Case Study: Infant Failure to Thrive Inpatient Denial Overturned

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CLINICAL SUMMARY: A newborn infant, just over one-month-old, arrived at the Emergency Department (ED) under the direction of a pediatrician, who was concerned about lack of weight gain since birth. The infant was born weighing 8 pounds, 5 ounces and weighed 8 pounds, 5.5 ounces one month and five days after birth. The patient’s weight

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Understanding Aetna’s New Level of Severity Inpatient Payment Policy

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Hospitals and health systems across the country are preparing for a significant shift in how Aetna reimburses certain inpatient stays. Aetna’s Level of Severity Inpatient Payment Policy, which went into effect January 1, 2026, (updated from the original effective date of November 15, 2025) introduced a new framework for evaluating and reimbursing urgent or emerging

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Case Study: Post-Surgery Inpatient Admission Denial Overturned

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CLINICAL SUMMARY: Post-Surgery Inpatient Admission Deemed Medically Unnecessary Overturned A 52-year-old patient underwent a planned ventral incisional hernia operation, performed laparoscopically using an intraperitoneal onlay mesh placement. The patient was classified as ASA Class III, defined by the American Society for Anesthesiologists (ASA) for patients with “severe systemic disease that is not incapacitating” with a

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How Does the Two-Midnight Rule Apply When a Traditional Medicare Patient Has No Safe Discharge Plan?

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For a traditional Medicare patient admitted for observation, it is not uncommon to remain in the hospital longer than two midnights due to non-medical reasons including waiting for a transfer to another facility or family situations. In these cases, the reason the patient remains hospitalized is the lack of a safe discharge plan. Should such

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