Federal Health Policy Update for September 18
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for September 12-18. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. ASH Advocacy ASH contacted House members asking them to block an imminent $8 [...]
Providers Objecting to New HHS Programs
Health care providers are expressing concern about two new programs recently announced by the Department of Health and Human Services: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Medicare WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) Model and HHS’s 340B Rebate Model [...]
ASH Comments on Medicare Outpatient Rule
ASH has submitted written comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to that agency’s proposed CY 2026 Medicare outpatient prospective payment regulation, which presents how CMS envisions paying providers for Medicare-covered outpatient services and regulating those [...]
ASH Comments on Proposed Medicare Doc Pay Rule
ASH has submitted written comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to that agency’s proposed 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule rule. Among the issues ASH addresses in its letter are: Its concern that CMS’s proposal to [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for September 11
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for September 5-11. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. ASH Advocacy ASH sent a message to Congress urging members to include support [...]
MedPAC Meets
MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, September 4 and Friday, September 5. The subjects on the meetings’ agenda were: Medicare payment operations and improving payment accuracy oversight needed to ensure Medicare’s sustainability: a report from the Government [...]
CMS Tinkers With Models
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced changes in two of its Medicare accountable care models: the Achieving Healthcare Efficiency Through Accountable Design (AHEAD) Model and the Transforming Episode Accountability (TEAM) Model. The AHEAD Model is a state [...]
ASH Asks House to Prevent Medicaid DSH Cut
Block an imminent $8 billion cut in Medicaid DSH allotments to the states, ASH has asked members of the House in a new message. Absent action, Medicaid disproportionate share allotments to the states will be slashed $8 billion beginning on [...]
Preparations for Rural Health Transformation Program Continue
When Congress enacted its FY 2025 budget reconciliation bill – the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” – it recognized that the Medicaid cuts in that legislation could have a damaging effect on some health care providers and the communities they [...]
ASH Reminds Congress to Protect Community Safety-Net Hospitals
With Congress returning to Washington last week and an unfinished FY 2026 budget and a September 30 deadline for its passage foremost on the policy agenda, ASH has written to House and Senate members to remind them of the importance [...]
