House Members Seek Delay of DSH Cuts
221 members of the House of Representatives have written to House leaders asking them to delay cuts in Medicaid disproportionate share payments (Medicaid DSH) that are scheduled to begin on October 1. The cuts, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, [...]
House Committee Looks at 340B
Are hospitals using the savings generated by their participation in the section 340B prescription drug discount program to help their low-income and uninsured patients? That’s what the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee is asking. Earlier this year the [...]
MACPAC Meets
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met recently in Washington, D.C. Among the issues MACPAC commissioners discussed during their two-day meeting were: delivery system reform incentive payment programs Medicaid enrollment and renewal processes managed care oversight monitoring and [...]
NAUH Urges House to Delay Medicaid DSH Cuts
The House of Representatives should delay the proposed implementation of major cuts in Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid DSH) allotments to the states. The reduction of Medicaid DSH allotments, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, has already been delayed twice by [...]
NAUH Urges Congress to Support Withdrawal of 340B Regulation
Ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw its proposed regulation to reduce Medicare payments for prescription drugs covered by the section 340B prescription drug discount program. That’s the message in a bipartisan letter being circulated among members [...]
NAUH Urges Medicare to Withdraw 340B Proposal
The National Association of Urban Hospitals has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw its proposal to significantly reduce Medicare payments for prescription drugs to hospitals that qualify for the federal section 340B prescription drug discount program. [...]
Don’t Slash Medicare Drug Payments, NAUH Asks CMS
The federal government should withdraw its proposal to drastically reduce Medicare payments for prescription drugs covered by the section 340B prescription drug discount program, NAUH has told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS has proposed a 28 percent [...]
NAUH Urges Senators to Oppose Graham-Cassidy Bill
NAUH has declared its opposition to the Graham-Cassidy proposal to partially repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. In a message to senators, NAUH stated that its opposition is based on the millions of people the bill would leave uninsured, [...]
NAUH Urges CMS to Reconsider Proposed Outpatient Payment Changes
The federal government should not cut in half payments to physicians who care for their Medicare patients in off-campus, provider-based outpatient facilities. It also should reconsider the circumstances under which hospitals can move their off-campus, provider-based hospital outpatient departments, or [...]
MedPAC Comments on Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has written to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to convey its views on CMS’s proposed revisions to Medicare physician payment policies for 2018. Among the issues MedPAC addresses in its comment letter are [...]
