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Federal Health Policy Update for January 23

The Administration Public Communication The new administration has directed HHS to pause all external communications, including announcements, advisories, regular publications, and web site updates. According to a published report, "HHS has issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances [...]

January 23, 2025|340b, Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, COVID 19, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, public charge regulation, surprise medical bills|

MedPAC Meets

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, January 13 and Friday, January 14. The subjects on the meetings’ agenda were: assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: physician and other health professional services assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: [...]

January 22, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

Federal Health Policy Update for January 16

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for January 11-17. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress House Budget Committee Republican members of the House Budget Committee have circulated [...]

House Committee Mulls Possible Health Care Cuts

Republican members of the House Budget Committee have circulated a list of possible policy changes that would reduce federal spending between $5.3 trillion and $5.7 trillion over a period of ten years. Up to $3.4 trillion of those possible cuts [...]

January 15, 2025|340b, Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, public charge regulation, public charge regulation and medicaid, surprise medical bills|

Federal Health Policy Update for January 9

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for January 4-10. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Congressional leaders continued to refine their committee membership for the 119th Congress. [...]

January 9, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, community safety-net hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicare|

ASH Thanks Congress for Short-Term DSH, Telehealth Help, Seeks Longer-Term Assistance

ASH has written to Congress to thank members for including in the recently enacted continuing budget resolution temporary extensions of relief from a scheduled $8 billion cut in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (Medicaid DSH) allotments to the states and the [...]

January 7, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, telehealth|

Federal Health Policy Update for January 3

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for December 20 through January 3. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The 119th Congress convened today to swear in new [...]

January 3, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare regulations, surprise medical bills, telehealth|

Federal Health Policy Update for December 19

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for December 13-19. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. ASH Advocacy This morning ASH wrote to lawmakers, asking Congress to ensure that [...]

December 19, 2024|340b, accountable care organization, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, telehealth|

MACPAC Meets

Members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met publicly last week in Washington, D.C. The following is MACPAC’s own summary of its meeting. The MACPAC December 2024 meeting began with a discussion on accountability in Medicaid managed [...]

December 18, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid regulations|

MedPAC Meets, Offers Preliminary 2026 Rate Proposals

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meeting on Thursday, December 12 and Friday, December 13. The subjects on the meeting’s agenda were: assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: physician and other health professional services assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: [...]

December 17, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

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