AHA Sues HHS Over Two Midnight Hospital Inpatient Admissions Policy

In a move that one lobbyist says should not be a surprise, the American Hospital Association is challenging HHS over the controversial two-midnights inpatient admission policy, arguing in two related lawsuits filed Monday (April 14) that the rule burdens hospitals with unlawful, arbitrary standards and deprives hospitals of proper Medicare payment for caring for patients. The AHA is joined in lawsuits by four state hospital associations, two hospital systems and two hospitals. The groups are asking that the policy be...