NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 5 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
Keep Medicaid Pay Boost, Docs Ask Congress
Physician groups and other health care organizations are asking Congress to continue the increase in Medicaid payments that primary care providers have been receiving for nearly two years. The pay raise, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, was instituted to [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 4 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
With or Without Medicaid Expansion, Uninsured to Decline in Cities
The number of uninsured residents of major cities will continue to decline – but more so in cities located in states that are expanding their Medicaid programs. According to a new study by the Urban Institute, an analysis of 14 [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 3 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 2 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
NAUH Comments on Proposed FY 2015 Medicare Inpatient Regulation: Part 1 of 7
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) publishes in the Federal Register a draft regulation describing how it proposes paying hospitals for the inpatient care they provide to their Medicare patients in the coming fiscal year. The [...]
340B Program Under the Microscope
Federal officials continue to cast a wary eye on a program that gives discounts on prescription drugs to hospitals that care for large numbers of low-income patients. The federal 340B Prescription Drug Program requires drug manufacturers to give discounts to [...]
NAUH Seeks Sponsors for Readmissions Bill
The National Association of Urban Hospitals has asked members of the Senate to co-sponsor the new Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Bill, which seeks to add a risk-adjustment component to Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. NAUH has long been [...]
Senate Bill Calls for Risk-Adjusting Medicare Readmissions Program
A new bill in the Senate would require Medicare to add a risk-adjustment component to its controversial hospital readmissions reduction program. The Hospital Readmission Program Accuracy and Accountability Act, a bipartisan bill, would compel Medicare to consider the socio-economic status [...]
