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MACPAC Recommends Steps to Ensure Continuity of Care
/0 Comments/in Medicaid /by NASNH AdministratorCiting income volatility among low-income Americans, the federal agency charged with analyzing Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has recommended that Congress adopt measures to ensure that low-income Americans retain health insurance as their income fluctuates above and below the federal poverty level. In its March report to Congress, MACPAC (the Medicaid and […]
MedPAC Proposes Pay Raise for Hospitals
/0 Comments/in Medicare /by NASNH AdministratorThe Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has urged Congress to direct the administration to raise Medicare acute-care hospital inpatient and outpatient fee-for-service rates 3.25 percent in FY 2015. It also recommended no rate increases for ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis providers, skilled nursing facilities, home health care services, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term-care hospitals, and hospice facilities […]
NAUH Asks House Members to Co-Sponsor Bill
/0 Comments/in Medicare /by NASNH AdministratorThe National Association of Urban Hospitals has asked members of the House of Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 4188, the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) and introduced just last week, would add a risk adjustment component to Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. NAUH has […]
NAUH Endorses Medicare Bill
/0 Comments/in Medicare, private safety-net hospitals /by NASNH AdministratorThe National Association of Urban Hospitals has endorsed H.R. 4188, the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) and introduced just last week, would add a risk adjustment component to Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. NAUH has long advocated such an addition, maintaining that many […]
Bill Would Modify Medicare Readmissions Program
/0 Comments/in Medicare, private safety-net hospitals, social determinants of health /by NASNH AdministratorNew legislation introduced in Congress would add a risk adjustment component to Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. Under H.R. 4188, the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act, hospitals’ performance in preventing Medicare readmissions would be risk-adjusted for patients who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid; for patients who are considered non-compliant; […]