Hospitals: CMS Hasn't Justified Two-Midnight Cuts, Should Repay Providers

Hospitals say CMS hasn't released enough information to justify the 0.2 percent cuts to hospitals pay when the two-midnight hospital admissions policy was implemented, and teaching hospitals say if CMS had explained the calculation, commentators would have been able to point out the flaws in the agency's logic. The American Hospital Association also says CMS has reverted to a policy that is much closer to its former admissions standard, so there is no reason to continue imposing the cut, though...