NAUH Comments on Proposed Changes in Medicare Payments (Part 1 of 5)
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the National Association of Urban Hospitals has offered extensive comments on why the Medicare cost report’s S-10 worksheet is not an appropriate tool to use when calculating hospital Medicare [...]
The Prospect of a Medicaid Work Requirement
Over the past three years a dozen states have proposed establishing a work requirement for eligibility for their Medicaid programs and in its proposed FY 2018, the Trump administration has called for extending the ability to impose such a requirement [...]
New Book Addresses Social Risk Factors in Medicare
In the new book Accounting for Social Risk Factors in Medicare Payment, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine addresses the question of what social risk factors might be worth considering in Medicare value-based payment programs and how those [...]
Medicare’s Costs Can Be High for Low-Income Beneficiaries
Despite enjoying Medicare coverage, low-income seniors can still spend a significant portion of their limited income on costs Medicare does not cover. According to a new study published by the Commonwealth Fund, more than 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries spend [...]
Hospital Uncompensated Care Down
As was surely expected, reforms introduced through implementation of the Affordable Care Act have driven down uncompensated care costs for many hospitals. How much? A new study published by the Commonwealth Fund offers the following findings: uncompensated care declines in [...]
More Insured Didn’t Affect Access
When the Affordable Care Act was debated and then passed, some observers questioned whether the health care system had enough providers to care for the millions of additional people who would be gaining coverage through the reform law. In particular, [...]
MACPAC Meets
Last week the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met in Washington, D.C. The agency performs policy and data analysis and offers recommendations to Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the states. During two days of [...]
NAUH Urges House to Reject American Health Care Act
The National Association of Urban Hospitals has asked members of the House of Representatives to vote against the American Health Care Act. In a message to all House members, NAUH cited the increase in the number of uninsured the bill [...]
Health Reform Helps Hospitals in Medicaid Expansion States
The Affordable Care Act’s enhancement of access to health insurance, whether through Medicaid expansion or the subsidization of insurance premiums for working-class and some middle-class Americans, has improved the financial health of hospitals. Especially hospitals in Medicaid expansion states. According [...]
Medicaid Work Requirements
Both Congress and a number of states have discussed introducing work requirements into their Medicaid programs. Such a proposal was part of the American Health Care Act, a number of governors and state legislators have discussed work requirements as a [...]
