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Safety-Net Hospitals, Others Benefit From Changes in Medicare Readmissions Program
/0 Comments/in Medicare, Medicare regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals, safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockSafety-net hospitals are among the leading beneficiaries of changes implemented this year in Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. According to a new study, safety-net, academic, and rural hospitals have enjoyed improved performance under the program since Medicare began organizing hospitals into peer groups based on the proportion of low-income patients they serve rather than simply […]
CMS Posts Proposed FY 2020 Inpatient Regulation
/0 Comments/in Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockMedicare would change its wage index system, raise inpatient fees, increase funding for Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments (Medicare DSH), enhance payments for new technologies, and make minor modifications in its hospital readmissions reduction, value-based purchasing, and hospital-acquired condition program if a proposed regulation published this week is ultimately adopted. The Centers for Medicare & […]
MACPAC Recommends Changes in Medicaid Shortfall Definition
/0 Comments/in MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid DSH, Medicare disproportionate share /by Joseph SteinbockHospitals’ calculation of their Medicaid shortfall would change under a recommendation that MACPAC voted to make to Congress. That change, in turn, could affect hospitals’ future Medicaid disproportionate share payments. Last week the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission voted overwhelmingly to change how hospitals calculate their Medicaid shortfall: the difference between what they […]
MACPAC Meets
/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 SteinbockThe Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met for two days last week in Washington, D.C. The following is MACPAC’s own summary of the sessions. The Commission wrapped up its work on the June 2019 Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP at the April meeting, with sessions reviewing four of the report’s five […]
Delay Medicaid DSH Cuts, Pelosi Says
/0 Comments/in Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockMedicaid DSH cuts should be delayed, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told a gathering of hospital officials. According to Speaker Pelosi, DSH cuts threaten to erode the health of community hospitals, safety-net hospitals and rural hospitals, [affecting] the health of not only the families that rely on Medicaid, but any person who relies on these […]