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President, VP Attempt to Mediate HHS Feud
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, Medicare /by Joseph SteinbockPresident Trump and Vice President Pence have stepped into a feud between Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma. Azar and Verma have apparently clashed on numerous occasions in recent months, with Verma criticizing at least one Azar proposal during an Oval Office meeting and […]
NASH Conveys End-of-Year Priorities to Congress
/0 Comments/in 340b, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockPreventing Medicaid DSH cuts, a fair approach to protecting patients from surprise medical bills, and reducing prescription drug costs are among the policy positions that the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals recently shared with Congress. In its message to Congress, NASH also asked lawmakers to protect 340B prescription drug discounts for private safety-net hospitals and […]
Prescription Drug Bill Would Kill Two Years of Medicaid DSH Cuts
/0 Comments/in Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockTwo years of Medicaid DSH cuts would be eliminated under a new prescription drug bill released last week by the Senate Finance Committee. The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act includes a provision that would eliminate two years of Affordable Care Act-mandated cuts in the allocation of federal money to the states for Medicaid disproportionate share […]
MedPAC Meeting Transcript Now Available
/0 Comments/in Medicare, MedPAC, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. Among the Medicare payment issues on its agenda of interest to private safety-net hospitals were: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Physician and other health professional services Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Ambulatory surgical center services Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Hospital […]
MedPAC Meets
/0 Comments/in Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a number of Medicare payment issues. Among the issues on MedPAC’s December agenda that were of special interest to private safety-net hospitals were: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Physician and other health professional services Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Ambulatory surgical […]