Federal Health Policy Update for June 5
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 30 to June 5. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Congress returned to Washington D.C., where Republican senators continue [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 29
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 23-29. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House and Senate are out of Washington, D.C. this week for [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 22
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 16-22. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress: Reconciliation Early Thursday morning the House of Representatives passed its version of [...]
Innovation Center to Steer New Course
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has announced that it will take a new approach to developing and testing new models of health care delivery – an approach designed to be more MAHA-oriented. [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 15
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 9-15. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress: Reconciliation House Energy and Commerce Committee Charged with finding $880 billion in [...]
ASH Issues Statement in Opposition to Proposed Medicaid Cuts
The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has sent to members of Congress the following statement about the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s proposed changes in federal Medicaid policy for inclusion in upcoming budget reconciliation legislation. The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals strongly [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 8
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 2-8. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Reconciliation Over the past several days the political gravity surrounding Medicaid cuts [...]
Supreme Court Rejects Medicare DSH Challenge
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a lower court ruling that found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not undercalculate hospitals’ Medicare disproportionate share payments between 2006 and 2009. In the suit, more than 200 [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 1
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 25 – May 1. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Reconciliation The House and Senate returned to Washington D.C. [...]
Medicaid Financing 101
The National Association of Medicaid Directors has published a primer on how Medicaid is financed at the state and federal levels. The background paper describes the federal Medical Assistance percentage – FMAP, the rate at which the federal government provides [...]
