Hospital Leaders to Congress: Two-Midnight Rule is Arbitrary, Confusing
Hospital leaders voiced deep concerns about CMS' two-midnight rule to congressional staffers yesterday at a briefing sponsored by the American Hospital Association, according to an AHA News report.
David Bronson, MD, president of Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, said the rule is "arbitrary, difficult to implement and confusing to all of our staff," according to the report. Dr. Bronson spoke on a panel with leaders from Johns Hopkins Medicine in
Hospitals have criticized the two-midnight rule since its release. The AHA has said the policy is unclear and undermines the medical judgment of physicians.
At the briefing yesterday, hospital leaders also advocated for the passage of the Two Midnight Rule Delay Act, which would extend CMS' enforcement moratorium through Sept. 30, 2014, to allow the agency time to develop a new payment methodology for short inpatient stays, according to the report.
Earlier this month,
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