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House GOP seeks overhaul of short-stay hospital payments; ‘two-midnight rule’ targeted

House Republicans are circulating a proposal to overhaul the way Medicare pays hospitals for short stays, including a plan to eliminate the widely criticized “two-midnight rule.” The timing of the document, described as a “discussion draft” might seem strange. It arrives in the middle of a lame-duck session in which Congress is expected to do little but fund the federal government before it runs out of money on Dec. 11. And it was put forward by the House Ways and Means Committee, which will have a new chairman when the House reconvenes in January.  But close watchers of Washington healthcare policy say they believe it’s an important marker…Read More

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