Loss of Insurance Options Hitting Hospital Bottom Lines
Hospitals are starting to feel the impact of the loss of enhanced subsidies for the purchase of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. According to officials from a number of for-profit hospital companies, they have been surprised at how few [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 6
Don’t Miss: CMS issues final FY 2027 Medicare inpatient payment regulation HRSA introduces revised 340B rebate model CMS gives states new tool to help identify non-citizen Medicaid applicants The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government [...]
More Medicaid DSH Money Coming for Some Hospitals?
Some hospitals may be in line for larger Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments as a result of a federal court decision that calls for changes in how those Medicaid DSH payments are calculated. Last week, a U.S. District court in [...]
Rural Areas Account for Net Loss of U.S. Hospitals
Rural hospitals are closing at a significant rate while the number of urban hospitals in the U.S. is mostly holding steady, according to a new analysis. The Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale found that between 2001 and 2023, 114 [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 30
Don’t Miss: Two new final Medicare payment rules CMS seeks data on 340B prescriptions Agency seeks potentially confidential ER data The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 24-30. Some of the language used [...]
SAMHSA Reports on the State of the American Mind
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released its 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, its primary source of data on how Americans report their experience with mental health [...]
Agency Seeks Confidential Accident Data From Hospitals
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking to require some hospitals to participate in its National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), the nation's principal system for tracking consumer product-related injuries. Currently relying on manual review and coding of medical records from roughly 70 of [...]
Developments in No Surprises Act/Independent Dispute Resolutions
Recent weeks have seen several developments and new information in the use of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process for health care billing disputes between payers and providers over out-of-network care. The number of disputes directed to independent [...]
CMS Proposes Medicaid Provider Tax Regulation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published a proposed rule that would implement a portion of H.R. 1, last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill, that called for establishing new indirect hold-harmless thresholds for health care-related taxes – [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for July 23
Don’t Miss: Congress advances health care bills CMS proposes provider tax rule Courts act on ACA changes, 340B The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 17-23. Some of the language used below [...]
