Feds Propose Changing Medicare DSH Calculation
Medicare DSH payments would reflect hospitals’ Medicare Advantage inpatient days under a new regulation proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Under the newly proposed rule, the formula for calculating Medicare disproportionate share payments would incorporate hospitals’ Medicare [...]
Court Supports HHS on 340B Cut
The federal government may institute a nearly 30 percent cut in payments to some hospitals for prescription drugs, a federal court has ruled. The cut, to the 340B program, was first proposed in 2017 the Department of Health and Human [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, August 3
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Monday, August 3. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has issued a news alert titled “HHS Extends Application Deadline for Medicaid Providers and Plans [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, July 30
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. Department of Health and Human Services HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has published three new resources [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, July 28
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. Senate “HEALS” Act Yesterday, Senate Republicans introduced the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act (“HEALS”), their proposed COVID-19/stimulus bill. Health [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, July 23
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. Department of Health and Human Services/CARES Act Provider Relief Fund HHS has posted information about the financial reporting that will be required [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, July 21
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. Public Health Emergency Declaration The federal government’s declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency expires this Friday, July 24. Like many other [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, July 15
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. NASH Advocacy NASH has endorsed a House bill, HR 7606, that would delay implementation of the Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation (MFAR) until [...]
NASH Endorses Bill to Delay MFAR
Implementation of the Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation, opposed by NASH and many others since its introduction in November of 2019, would be delayed under a new bill proposed in the House of Representatives. The MFAR Transparency Act (HR 7606), sponsored [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, July 13
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:45 p.m. on Monday, July 13. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has announced that it will distribute another $4 billion in CARES Act Provider Relief Fund [...]
