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Hospital Inpatient Admission Order and Certification
Guidance for all inpatient hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) services to complete required physician certification of the medical necessity of services to be provided on an inpatient basis.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 30, 2014
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