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Bill Would Overhaul Medicaid DSH
/0 Comments/in Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockA new Senate proposal would change how the federal government allocates Medicaid disproportionate share money (Medicaid DSH) to the states. The State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity (SAFE) for Hospitals Act, introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), seeks to …create equity for all states by updating a metric used to determine how much each state is […]
MACPAC Looks at Medicaid DSH
/0 Comments/in MACPAC, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockLast week the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met in Washington, D.C. and one of the subjects on its agenda was Medicaid DSH. The Affordable Care Act mandated major reductions of Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid DSH) allotments to states and those reductions have been delayed by Congress several times but are now scheduled […]
CBO Targets Health Care in Options for Reducing Deficit
/0 Comments/in deficit reduction, Medicaid, Medicare /by Joseph SteinbockEvery year the Congressional Budget Office publishes a menu of options for reducing federal spending and the federal budget deficit. As in the past, this year’s compendium includes a number of options to reduce federal health care spending and raises federal revenue through health care initiatives. The cost-cutting options include: establish caps on federal spending […]
MedPAC Mulls Direct Billing for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants
/0 Comments/in Medicare, MedPAC, Uncategorized /by Joseph SteinbockMedicare would permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to bill directly for their services under a proposal being considered by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Currently such services are billed as “incident to” physician services, but according to a report in Becker’s Hospital Review, MedPAC staff told commissioners there are problems with “incident to” billing […]
MedPAC Meets
/0 Comments/in Medicare, 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 December agenda were: Medicare payments for physician and other health professionals services payments for ambulatory surgical centers payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient care Medicare’s hospital quality incentive program payments for skilled […]