CMS announced that it would delay its full implementation of the 2 midnight Benchmark policy from March 31, 2014 to September 30, 2014. CMS will continue its partial-enforcement but it means during this period Recovery Auditors and other Medicare review contractors will not conduct post-payment patient status reviews of inpatient hospital claims with dates of admission on or after October 1, 2013 through October 1, 2014. CMS will still conduct its educational efforts on this policy.
