Becker's Healthcare October 30, 2024
From a report suggesting that some payers have “hit the snooze button” on the new guidance, to a Humana leader expressing confidence that the company is applying the rule correctly, here are five updates on the two-midnight rule that Becker’s has reported since Oct. 23:
1. George Renaudin, president of Humana’s insurance segment, said the company is “very confident” it is applying the two-midnight rule correctly. A CMS audit verified that the company is following the regulation, executives said.
“Our clinicians continue to speak with many of the provider clinicians to talk through the issues, to make sure we all have a similar way of approaching this, that everyone is clear and has an understanding of what the two-midnight...