Good News and Bad for Hospitals on Outpatient Payments
A federal court has provided relief to hospitals that saw reduced Medicare payments for some outpatient services in 2019. But that relief is only partial. In response to a suit filed by several hospital groups, a federal court ruled that [...]
MACPAC Meets
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission met for two days last week in Washington, D.C. The following is MACPAC’s own summary of the sessions. The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission kicked off its December meeting with [...]
President, VP Attempt to Mediate HHS Feud
President Trump and Vice President Pence have stepped into a feud between Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Seema Verma. Azar and Verma have apparently clashed on numerous occasions in recent [...]
NASH Conveys End-of-Year Priorities to Congress
Preventing Medicaid DSH cuts, a fair approach to protecting patients from surprise medical bills, and reducing prescription drug costs are among the policy positions that the National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals recently shared with Congress. In its message to Congress, [...]
Prescription Drug Bill Would Kill Two Years of Medicaid DSH Cuts
Two years of Medicaid DSH cuts would be eliminated under a new prescription drug bill released last week by the Senate Finance Committee. The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act includes a provision that would eliminate two years of Affordable Care [...]
MedPAC Meeting Transcript Now Available
Last week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. Among the Medicare payment issues on its agenda of interest to private safety-net hospitals were: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Physician and other health professional services Assessing payment [...]
MedPAC Meets
Last week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a number of Medicare payment issues. Among the issues on MedPAC’s December agenda that were of special interest to private safety-net hospitals were: Assessing payment adequacy and updating [...]
Hospital Groups Critical of CMS 340B Proposal
The federal government should not survey providers to determine their costs for drugs covered by the section 340B prescription drug discount program, hospitals and hospital groups have told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Their comments came in response [...]
Hospitals Sue Over Hospital Price Transparency Requirement
The federal government should be prohibited from implementing its new price transparency requirement for hospitals, a group of hospital trade groups and health systems has declared in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The requirement [...]
MedPAC to Meet Tomorrow
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission meets this Thursday and Friday in Washington, D.C. MedPAC’s December agenda is dominated by Medicare payment issues: how much Medicare should pay for different types of services in calendar year 2021 and FY 2021. The [...]
