Federal Health Policy Update for July 5
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for June 29-July 5. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Department of Health and Human Services Because it has found that Medicare [...]
Court’s Chevron Decision to Affect Health Care
A Supreme Court decision last week could have a profound effect on the regulation of many aspects of the health care industry. The Chevron decision, issued by the court in 1984, called for courts to defer to federal agency interpretation [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for June 28
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for June 21-28. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The Courts The Supreme Court has overturned the court’s own decision in the [...]
Little Progress So Far on Health Inequity, Report Says
The past 20 years have seen little progress in addressing health care inequity, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. According to the report, Despite spending the most on health care among high-income [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for June 20
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for June 14-20. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. No Surprises Act HHS and the departments of Labor and the Treasury have [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for June 13
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for June 7-13. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government document. Supreme Court The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to how [...]
Supreme Court to Review Medicare DSH Case
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to how the federal government calculates Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments (Medicare DSH) for hospitals that serve especially large numbers of low-income patients. At the heart of the issue is the Department of [...]
ASH Advocates Higher Rates, More DSH Money in Letter to CMS
Medicare rates should increase more than the 2.6 percent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services calls for in its proposed FY 2025 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system regulation, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has told CMS in a formal [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for June 6
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 31-June 6. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The deadline for stakeholders to submit [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for May 30
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for May 24-30. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress When the House and Senate return to Washington, DC from the Memorial [...]
