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Medicaid Transportation Services in Jeopardy?
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockThe White House has proposed removing non-emergency transportation from the list of mandatory Medicaid benefits. The proposed FY 2020 budget released last week explained that Statute allows, but does not require, States to provide non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). Instead, these services were made mandatory Medicaid benefits by regulation. Further, a Government Accountability Office study found […]
MACPAC Makes DSH, UPL Recommendations
/0 Comments/in MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockChanges could come in Medicaid DSH and UPL payments if new MACPAC recommendations are adopted. Last week the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission released its annual report to Congress, with most of the report focusing on its analysis and recommendations for policy updates involving Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments (Medicaid DSH) and Medicaid […]
More Potential Budget Obstacles for Private Safety-Net Hospitals
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockPart two of the Trump administration’s proposed FY 2020 budget brought more potential bad news for private safety-net hospitals. Last week’s “lean budget” released by the White House included a number of challenges for private safety-net hospitals and this week’s release, intended to fill in some of the blanks that last week’s document left, […]
“Rejected” Medicaid Reforms May Resurface
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockPartial Medicaid expansion, desired by some Republican governors but rejected by the Trump administration last year, may not be so rejected after all. At least not according to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the federal Medicaid program. In a recent interview, Verma said the administration is reconsidering […]
MedPAC Offers Recommendations on FY 2020 Rates, More
/0 Comments/in accountable care organization, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its annual report to Congress. Included in this report are MedPAC’s Medicare rate recommendations for the coming year. They are: hospital inpatient rates – a two percent increase hospital outpatient rates – a two percent increase physician and other health professional services rates – no update skilled […]