NASH Award to Rep. Kennedy
NASH has given its “Champion for Health Care Award” to Representative Joe Kennedy III (D-MA). Rep. Kennedy received the award during last week’s NASH Advocacy Day in recognition of his “tireless advocacy of access to care for his constituents, the [...]
NASH Advocacy Day
Friday September 20, 2019 is NASH Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. Today, leaders of private safety-net hospitals have traveled to the nation’s capital from across the country for NASH Advocacy Day, during which members will meet with members of Congress [...]
Court Halts Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Changes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not have the authority to implement the site-neutral payment system for Medicare-covered outpatient services that it introduced last year, a federal court has concluded. According to the court, CMS exceeded its authority [...]
Millions Eligible for Health Insurance Remain Uninsured
More than 15 million Americans who are currently entitled to free or subsidized health insurance are currently uninsured. Among them are 11 million who are eligible for Medicaid but have not applied for benefits and 4.2 million who could afford [...]
MedPAC Meets
Last week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a number of Medicare payment issues. Among issues on MedPAC’s September agenda were: context for Medicare payment policy the effects of Medicare Advantage “spillover” on Medicare fee-for-service [...]
ACA Has Reduced Insurance Disparities
The Affordable Care Act is responsible for a major reduction in the disparity of insurance status among racial and ethnic minorities. According to a new Commonwealth Fund analysis, All U.S. racial and ethnic groups saw comparable, proportionate declines in uninsured [...]
Uninsured Rate Rose in 2017
The rate of uninsured Americans rose in 2017, the first such increase since implementation of the Affordable Care Act. According to a new Urban Institute study, The increasing uninsurance rate between 2016 and 2017 was driven by losses of private [...]
New Public Charge Rule Could Affect Immigrants, Providers
Legal immigrants may become reluctant to seek government-sponsored health care and providers may find themselves delivering more uncompensated care in the wake of the adoption of a new federal “public charge” regulation that seeks to define more narrowly the kinds [...]
CMS Introduces New Medicaid Opioid Management Guidelines
States must do more to monitor the prescription and use of opioids within their Medicaid programs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told them this week. In a formal guidance letter to state Medicaid programs issued as part of [...]
Can Medicare Feed its Way Out of Some Readmissions?
Feeding some Medicare patients after they are discharged from the hospital could reduce readmissions and save taxpayers millions, a new study has concluded. According to the new Bipartisan Policy Center report Next Steps in Chronic Care: Expanding Innovative Medicare Benefits, [...]
