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Coronavirus Update for Friday, October 9
/in coronavirus, COVID 19 /by Joseph SteinbockThe following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:15 p.m. on Friday, October 9. Provider Relief Fund Five questions in the Provider Relief Fund FAQ have been modified with updated answers; they can be found on pages 14, 40, 41, 42, and 43. Most address the upcoming Phase 3 general […]
MedPAC Meets
/in Alternative payment models, 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 October agenda were: Medicare Advantage benchmark policy indirect medical education: current Medicare policy, concerns, and principles for revising the evolution of Medicare’s advanced alternative payment models vertical integration and Medicare payment […]
Congress Gives Hospitals Medicaid DSH Relief
/in Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockMedicaid DSH allocations to states will not be reduced right away thanks to a new continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 11. The Medicare disproportionate share allocation cuts to the states, mandated by the Affordable Care Act but delayed by Congress several times, were delayed again earlier this year but scheduled to […]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, October 7
/in coronavirus, COVID 19 /by Joseph SteinbockThe following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Updated Hospital Data Reporting Requirements CMS has issued guidance in support of an interim final regulation presenting its COVID-19 data reporting requirements for hospitals as a condition for continued […]
Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Rising in Pandemic
/in Medicaid, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockMedicaid enrollment rose 6.2 percent and CHIP enrollment 0.5 percent during the first four months of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports. The enrollment increase can be traced to rising unemployment, with many people losing their employer-sponsored health insurance. The new figures cover five months, from February through […]