The hospitals want the U.S. District Court in Columbus to vacate a part of the rule, implemented in 2013, that would reduce compensation for inpatient services by 0.2%. That reduction was meant to offset estimated costs to Medicare associated with the rule, which directs CMS payment contractors to presume short-term hospital stays are inpatient admissions rather than outpatient observation visits if they span two midnights.
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