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Fitch: Medicaid Block Grants, MFAR Threaten States, Providers
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, NASH, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockMedicaid block grants and the proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation (MFAR) pose new financial threats to providers and states, according to Fitch Ratings, the financial rating company. MFAR poses the greater threat, Fitch believes, noting in a new analysis that it could …reduce total Medicaid spending nationally by $37 billion and $44 billion annually…and by […]
Verma Responds to MFAR Critics
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockCMS administrator Seema Verma addresses criticism of her agency’s proposed Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation in a new commentary on the CMS blog. Critics of the so-called MFAR regulation have argued that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed regulation, if adopted, will lead to a reduction of federal funding for state Medicaid programs, jeopardize […]
340B Déjà Vu: CMS Seeks to Collect Data From Hospitals
/0 Comments/in 340b, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockFor the second time in four months, the federal government has announced its intention to collect data from hospitals and other providers on what they pay for the prescription drugs they purchase through the section 340B prescription drug discount program. Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a notice announcing its intention […]
Verma Responds to Medicaid Block Grant Critics
/0 Comments/in Medicaid /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Trump administration unveiled its Healthy Adult Opportunity program, a new, optional, already-controversial approach to structuring state Medicaid programs. Ever since, the program – essentially, Medicaid block grants – has been the subject of criticism from many public officials and health care stakeholders. Now, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma, […]
NASH Endorses Surprise Medical Bills Legislation
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Joseph SteinbockThe National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has endorsed the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020, surprise medical bills legislation developed by the House Ways and Means Committee. In a letter to the committee’s chairman and ranking member, NASH wrote that NASH supports the bill’s protection of patients from surprise medical bills for […]