NASH Comments on Proposed Changes in Medicare Payments
NASH has submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to CMS’s proposed FY 2021 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system regulation. In its letter, NASH addressed six specific aspects of the proposed rule: Medicare disproportionate [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, July 8
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has updated its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund web page to remind providers that to [...]
NASH Asks Senate for COVID-19 Help
Private safety-net hospitals need help with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 public health emergency, NASH wrote yesterday in a letter to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and minority leader Charles Schumer. In its letter, NASH asked for: An additional [...]
Coronavirus Update: Thursday, July 2
The following is the latest information from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2. Reminder: Submit COVID-19 Case Data Hospitals interested in obtaining supplies of the drug remdesivir from the federal government must submit data on [...]
NASH Applauds HHS Movement Toward Extending Public Health Emergency
NASH has thanked Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for his department’s public indication that it intends to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency. With the declaration of a public health emergency has become regulatory flexibilities that have enabled [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, June 30
Coronavirus update for Tuesday, June 30 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services An HHS spokesperson tweeted yesterday that “@HHSGov expects to renew the Public Health Emergency due to COVID-19 before it expires.” HHS announced that it [...]
Coronavirus Update for Friday, June 26
Coronavirus update for Friday, June 26 as of 3:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS updated its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ. The latest changes are marked “6/22/2020.” Most refer to the planned Provider Relief Fund distribution [...]
Private Safety-Net Hospitals Need More CARES Act Money, NASH Writes
The federal government should direct another round of CARES Act grants to safety-net hospitals, NASH wrote yesterday in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. While all recipients of the latest round of CARES Act grants benefited [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, June 22
Coronavirus update for Monday, June 22 as of 2:30 p.m. Department of Health and Human Services HHS has added new questions and answers and modified others in its CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ. Providers should review these changes carefully; [...]
MedPAC Reports to Congress
MedPAC has submitted its annual report to Congress. The congressionally mandated report, titled Report to Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, consists of seven chapters: Realizing the promise of value-based payment in Medicare: an agenda for change. Challenges [...]
