MedPAC Meets
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. last week to discuss various Medicare payment issues. Among the issues discussed at MedPAC’s March meeting were: Medicare beneficiary access to care in rural areas skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, March 8
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Monday, March 8. New CDC Guidance for Fully Vaccinated People The CDC has issued new guidance on how people who are fully vaccinated can [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, March 5
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5. White House The White House has posted a transcript of the March 3 press briefing provided by its COVID-19 response team [...]
NASH Stresses Three Needs From COVID Relief Bill
Extension of the current moratorium on Medicare sequestration. Additional resources for the Provider Relief Fund. Another delay in hospital repayment of funds they received from the federal government through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Program. These are the three [...]
MACPAC Looks at Recipients of Provider Relief Fund Grants
What kinds of providers did and did not receive grants from the CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund? What were the obstacles to receiving those COVID-19 relief grants and why did some providers fare better in the distribution of Provider Relief [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, March 2
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2. White House The White House has posted a transcript of the March 1 press briefing provided by its COVID-19 response team [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, February 26
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:30 on Friday, February 26. Congress The House Budget Committee has passed a COVID-19 relief bill. The following is a summary of the bill’s major spending, how [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, February 25
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, February 25. The White House President Biden has extended the declaration of a national health emergency because of COVID-19. The White House announced [...]
ACA Medicaid Expansion Cut Young Adult Uninsurance in Half
The number of uninsured young adults fell nearly 50 percent after the Affordable Care Act authorized states to expand their Medicaid programs, a new study has found. According to the Urban Institute, the uninsured rate among people between the ages [...]
Administration Continues Dismantling Medicaid Work Requirements
A week after announcing that it was withdrawing permission for states to implement approved Medicaid work requirements and would no longer entertain applications to introduce such programs, the Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel arguments next [...]
