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 [...]
Key Committee Chair Calls for 340B Changes
In a newly released report, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has pointed to problems with the 340B Drug Pricing Program and suggested ways of dealing with those problems. The report, from the committee’s [...]
ASH Asks Congress to Protect Medicaid in Reconciliation
As Congress seeks to develop budget reconciliation legislation, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has written to its members asking them to protect Medicaid during that challenging process. As ASH notes in its message to members of Congress, Across the country, [...]
Are Medicaid Provider Taxes, State-Directed Payments in Play?
Even as the House Energy and Commerce Committee contemplates how it will reach its assigned target of $880 billion in spending cuts mostly through Medicaid cuts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may be following a similar course by [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for April 24
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 18-24. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House and Senate are in recess until April 28. Upon their [...]
Sneak Peek at HHS Budget Reveals Reorganization, Cuts
A big-picture document summarizing the Trump administration’s intentions for the Department of Health and Human Services suggests the agency is in for a major round of cuts and reorganization, some of which is already underway. Among the cuts noted in [...]
ASH Asks E&C Leadership to Protect Medicaid in Reconciliation Talks
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee works to craft Medicaid legislation for the upcoming budget reconciliation bill, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has asked its leaders to protect three tools critical to the ability of community safety-net hospitals to [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for April 17
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 11-17. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The White House President Trump signed an executive order titled “Lowering Drug Prices [...]
