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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for December 12
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for December 6-12. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. ASH Advocacy With Congress negotiating a new continuing resolution to fund the federal [...]
182 House Members Ask for Halt to Medicaid DSH Cut
182 members of the House of Representatives have written to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries to ask them to prevent a major cut in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments (Medicaid DSH) that is scheduled to [...]
Protect Medicaid DSH, Medicare Physician Payments, and Medicare Outpatient Departments in New Continuing Resolution, ASH Asks Congress
With Congress negotiating a new continuing resolution to fund the federal government when current spending authorization expires on December 20, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has written to federal lawmakers asking them to: Eliminate $8 billion in scheduled cuts to [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for December 5
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for November 22 – December 5. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House has posted its session calendar for 2025. [...]
Providers Winning Big on No Surprises Act Disputes
Health care providers are winning more than 86 percent of the emergency care payment disputes they take to adjudication through the Independent Dispute Resolution process established under the 2020 No Surprises Act. The abstract of the article “No Surprises Act [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for November 21
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for November 15-21. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The Incoming Administration President Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary [...]
