NASH Supports Becerra Nomination to Lead HHS
NASH has expressed its public support for the nomination of Xavier Becerra to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a letter to the chair and ranking minority member of the Senate [...]
MedPAC Meets
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. recently to discuss various Medicare payment issues. Among the issues discussed at MedPAC’s January meeting were: hospital inpatient and outpatient payments physician and health professionals payments the possible expansion of the [...]
NASH Writes to President About COVID-19 Plan
NASH has written to President Biden and Vice President Harris to express its support for their planned response to the COVID-19 public health emergency as expressed in the administration’s new “National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness.” NASH [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, January 21
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 21. President Signs Executive Orders Late this afternoon President Biden signed a series of executive orders and actions to implement his administration’s [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, January 15
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Friday, January 15. We also present a summary of selected aspects of the “American Rescue Plan” that President-elect Biden presented on Thursday night and [...]
Feds Give States Direction on Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Federal laws, regulations, and programs offer numerous tools to states seeking to address social determinants of health through their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Now, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has written to state Medicaid directors outlining [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, January 13
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13. Provider Relief Fund HHS has updated its Provider Relief Fund FAQ with nine new or modified questions on pages 12-13, 13, [...]
NASH Comments on Proposed Changes in S-10 Uncompensated Care Reporting
NASH has expressed support for several new federal proposals on hospital uncompensated care data reporting and conveyed its opposition to other proposed changes in federal data collection requirements in a new letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, January 11
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Monday, January 11. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has formally extended its declaration of the COVID-19 public health emergency for another 90 [...]
Give 340B Discounts to Contract Pharmacies, HHS Tells Pharma
Pharmaceutical companies must extend 340B discounts to contract pharmacies, the Department of Health and Human Services told the pharmaceutical industry at the end of 2020. Not so fast, the pharmaceutical industry has replied. Several pharmaceutical companies have indicated that they [...]
