CMS given more time for final notice on ‘two-midnight’ payment cut

Editor's Note

The US District Court for the District of Columbia has given the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) another month to issue a final notice justifying cutting inpatient payments by 0.2% in conjunction with its “two-midnight” rule, The March 18 AHA News Now reports.

CMS has until April 27 to issue the final notice; the original due date was March 18.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' request to delay the issuing of a final notice justifying cutting inpatient prospective payment system payments by 0.2% in conjunction with its two-midnight policy. CMS now has until April 27 to issue the notice, which was originally due March 18.