MedPAC Recommends Medicare Rate Updates to Congress
Some health care providers deserve larger Medicare payments in 2025, some should receive payment cuts, and others should see their payments go unchanged according to new recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to Congress. In its annual report [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for March 14
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 8-14. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The White House The Biden administration this week released its proposed FY 2025 [...]
MACPAC Meets
Members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met publicly last week in Washington, D.C. The following is MACPAC’s own summary of its meeting. The March 2024 MACPAC meeting began with proposed recommendations on improving the transparency of Medicaid financing. [...]
MedPAC Meets
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met publicly last week in Washington, D.C. Their agenda consisted of the following issues: Rural hospital and clinician payment policy: A workplan for 2024–2025 Assessing data sources for measuring health care utilization by [...]
ASH Thanks Congress for DSH, Doc Pay Proposals
The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has thanked members of Congress for including a delay of scheduled Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid DSH) allotment cuts in current federal appropriations legislation. ASH also thanked Congress for proposing partial restoration of the pay cut [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for March 7
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 1-7. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress On Wednesday, March 16 the House passed, by a vote of 339-85, [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for February 29
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for February 23-29. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress This afternoon the House passed H.R. 7463, which changed the dates for [...]
Medicaid DSH Cut In, Medicare Site-Neutral Payments Out of Health Bill?
With Congress at a stalemate on spending legislation, lawmakers are considering a narrower scope of issues to address in near-term health care legislation. According to published reports, scheduled cuts in Medicaid disproportionate share payments (Medicaid DSH), already delayed several times, [...]
ASH Unveils 2024 Advocacy Agenda
The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has unveiled its 2024 advocacy agenda. Items on the agenda include: Preventing scheduled cuts in Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid DSH) allotments to the states. Urging policymakers not to require Medicare outpatient payments to be made [...]
New Way of Calculating Medicaid DSH Could Affect Safety-Net Hospitals
Hospitals will soon see federal regulators take a new approach to calculating their Medicaid DSH payments. Specifically, their Medicaid disproportionate share hospital-specific payment limit. And this change could affect many community safety-net hospitals. A new CMS regulation changes how third-party [...]
