ASH Objects to Proposed Medicare DSH Cut
Medicare should increase, not decrease, Medicare disproportionate share payments (Medicare DSH) in FY 2024, ASH has written to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to that agency’s proposal to cut its Medicare DSH uncompensated care pool by [...]
ASH Protests Medicare’s Proposed FY 2024 Inpatient Rate Increase
The proposed increase in Medicare inpatient rates for FY 2024 is inadequate, ASH has written in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In its letter, ASH wrote that In the proposed rule CMS calls for increasing [...]
ASH Comments on Proposed FY 2024 Inpatient Payment Regulation
In response to changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed in Medicare’s inpatient prospective payment system, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has submitted formal comments to the federal agency sharing its views on those proposed changes. In [...]
Health Policy Update for June 8
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 28 – June 8. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has announced a [...]
Beneficiaries Starting to Feel Effects of Medicaid Unwinding
With the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, states are now undertaking in earnest the challenge of reconsidering Medicaid eligibility for millions of people currently on their Medicaid rolls – something federal law has prohibited them from doing since [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 25
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 19-25. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House Energy and Commerce Committee has advanced to the full House [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 18
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 12-18. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee has approved and advanced five [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 11
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 5-11. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ASH has prepared a summary of [...]
ASH Asks House to Support HR 2665, Delay Devastating Medicaid DSH Cut
Medicaid disproportionate share payments are a vital tool in helping community safety-net hospitals serve their generally low-income communities, but unless Congress acts, those payments will be slashed starting in October. For this reason, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has asked [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 4
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 28 – May 4. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. ASH Advocacy Without action by Congress, Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid [...]
