Federal Health Policy Update for August 31
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for August 25-31. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. No Surprises Act For the second time in less than a month a [...]
Court Again Sets Back No Surprises Act Implementation
For the second time in less than a month, a federal court has rejected the manner in which federal agencies are implementing the Independent Dispute Resolution process of the No Surprises Act, the 2020 law designed to protect consumers from [...]
ASH Supports Feds’ 340B Proposal – With Reservations
The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has conveyed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services its general support for the agency’s proposal for reimbursing participants in the federal section 340B prescription drug discount program for the lost payments they suffered [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 24
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for August 11-24. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services After suspending the No Surprises Act-created Independent [...]
States Introduce Changes on Medicaid Unwinding
With more than five million people already dropped from state Medicaid rolls and the federal government telling them they are not doing a good job, some states are introducing changes in how they review the eligibility of their Medicaid population [...]
Hospitals Continue to Protest Huge Medicare DSH Cut
The regulation has already been finalized but hospitals continue to protest Medicare’s intention to reduce their Medicare disproportionate share (Medicare DSH) uncompensated care payments. The cut, proposed at $115 million in April, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
Feds Pointing Fingers on Medicaid Unwinding Shortcomings
After months of vague, general assertions about shortcomings in states’ efforts to redetermine the eligibility of their Medicaid participants as part of the post-pandemic continuous Medicaid unwinding process, the federal government is now revealing which states are having problems – [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 10
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for August 4-10. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has temporarily suspended the federal Independent [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for August 3
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for July 29-August 3. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Medicare Payment Regulations CMS has issued a final rule updating Medicare payment [...]
Millions Cut From Medicaid, CHIP Rolls
Nearly four million Americans have already had their Medicaid or CHIP eligibility terminated as part of the so-called Medicaid unwinding process, according to data compiled by KFF Health News from state and federal sources. That figure, moreover, accounts for only [...]
