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MedPAC Meets
/0 Comments/in 340b, accountable care organization, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a number of Medicare payment issues. The issues on MedPAC’s January agenda were: The Medicare prescription drug program (Part D): status report and options for restructuring Redesigning the Medicare Advantage quality program: initial modeling of a value incentive program Hospital inpatient and outpatient […]
States Not Waiting for Feds to Act on More Affordable Health Insurance
/0 Comments/in health care reform /by Joseph SteinbockFrustrated over the inability of the federal government to develop and implement policies that make health insurance more affordable, a number of states are taking matters into their own hands in a variety of ways. In 2018 and 2019 at least a dozen states enacted policies designed to make health insurance more affordable. Among the […]
GAO: Feds Need Better Oversight of 340B Eligibility
/0 Comments/in 340b, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockThe federal government needs to do a better job of ensuring that non-government hospital participants in the 340B prescription drug discount program are eligible for that program, the U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded in a recent report. With growing numbers of non-government hospitals now participating in the 340B program, the GAO found that the federal […]
Interview With Seema Verma
/0 Comments/in Affordable Care Act, Medicaid /by Joseph SteinbockIn late December, PBS broadcast an interview with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma. Kaiser Health News has published a transcript of excerpts from that interview during which Verma discusses Medicaid – including enrollment, eligibility, services, and children – Medicare for all, administration attempts to reduce health care costs, protection for people […]
Medicare Money for Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Training?
/0 Comments/in Medicare, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockShould Medicare offer graduate medical education money for nurse practitioner and physician assistant training? That was the subject of a recent inquiry by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. In a new report inspired by concern over the current physician shortage and the belief that making greater use of nurse practitioners might help relieve that shortage, […]