NASH Submits Comments on Proposed Medicare Outpatient Regulation
NASH has submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to that agency’s proposed 2021 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system rule. That rule describes how CMS proposes paying hospitals for Medicare-covered fee-for-service outpatient care in [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, October 6
The Department of Health and Human Services is now providing extensive information about its planned Phase 3 distribution of Provider Relief Funds. Background Last Thursday HHS announced the planned distribution of $20 billion in new funding for providers on the [...]
Coronavirus Update for Monday, October 5
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as 2:45 p.m. on Monday, October 5. Provider Relief Fund HHS has updated its Provider Relief Fund information about the Phase 3 general distribution that was announced last week. [...]
Payer Mix to Change, Providers Anticipate
Health care providers expect to serve higher proportions of Medicaid and uninsured patients in the coming year, according to a new survey. The shift will be driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which as unemployment remains high is leading to fewer [...]
Coronavirus Update for Thursday, October 1
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 1. NASH Advocacy NASH has written to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asking HHS to abandon its new methodology for calculating [...]
Coronavirus Update for Tuesday, September 29
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as 2:30 p.m. on Monday, September 29. Provider Relief Fund HHS has revised its Provider Relief Fund FAQ with updated information about the tax identification number (TIN) validation process [...]
Public Charge Rule Takes Effect
The “public charge rule” that the administration introduced in 2019, only to have it challenged in the courts, is now being enforced by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services after a federal court lifted an injunction on its implementation. The [...]
Back Off 340B Cuts, HHS Tells Drug Company
Eli Lilly and Company is being presumptuous in assuming that the federal government will approve its plan to cease providing some federally mandated prescription drug discounts under the section 340B prescription drug discount program and does so at its own [...]
Expand Use of Telehealth, Group Recommends
The federal government should encourage greater use of telehealth, a task force has recommended. Among the changes recommended by the task force, it called on the federal government to make permanent some of the temporary extensions of the use of [...]
Coronavirus Update for Wednesday, September 23
The following is the latest COVID-19 information from the federal government as 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23. Continuing Resolution to Fund the Federal Government The House has passed, and the Senate is expected to take up and pass as [...]
