Earlier this month, CMS posted three new documents related to the two-midnight rule for inpatient admissions on its webpage for inpatient hospital reviews: new FAQs, as well as CMS directions for selecting hospital claims for probe audits and for conducting the probe audits. CMS announced that it was extending the probe period so that it now applies to admissions from October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014. The new guidance includes: