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 [...]
Medicaid Changes on the Agenda?
With a new administration 60 days from taking office and the same party to be controlling the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives, Medicaid changes are a common topic of conversation in Washington policy circles these days. One of [...]
MedPAC Meets
MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8. The subjects on the meetings’ agenda were: reforming physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of payments considering the participation bonus for clinicians in [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for November 14
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for November 8-14. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. ASH Advocacy ASH has written to all House members asking them to join [...]
Prevent Medicaid DSH Cut, ASH Asks House
The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has asked members of the House of Representatives to join an effort to prevent an $8 billion cut in Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid DSH) allotments to the states from taking effect on January 1, 2025. [...]
