Judge tells HHS to revisit two-midnight rule's inpatient pay cut

Modern Healthcare: A federal judge handed hospitals a partial win Monday when he ruled the HHS secretary must provide better justification for the part of the much maligned two-midnight rule that would cut inpatient payments to hospitals.

The judge's ruling doesn't change the two-midnight rule or the payment reductions for now, but it may open the door to possible changes in the future, experts said. The judge also ordered HHS to re-open that part of the rule to comments.

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