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Delay Requested on Two Midnight Rule
Posted 09.25.13
Letter to CMS signed by 100 representatives
In a letter to CMS Administrator, Marilyn Tavener, more than 100 House of Representative members have requested a delay in a policy subjecting Medicare patients to higher out-of-pocket costs for hospitalization and post-acute skilled nursing care. This rule presumes patients expected to be in the hospital for fewer than two days should have been admitted to “observation”, not in-patient care.
A second article worth reading in the September 25, 2013 NAHU Newswire is about New Hampshire low income residents may not be required to use the health exchange even though Medicaid is picking up the tab.