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Article Published: January 22, 2026

ASH Urges Congressional Leaders to Support Health Care Extenders

In a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders, [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-22T11:35:33-05:00January 22, 2026|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare regulations|

MedPAC Meets

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meeting on Thursday, January [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-21T12:05:15-05:00January 21, 2026|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicare, MedPAC|

Federal Health Policy Update for January 8

The following is the latest health policy news from the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-08T15:28:08-05:00January 8, 2026|340b, Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare regulations, surprise medical bills, telehealth|

ASH Urges Congress to Help Hardworking American Families

The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has written to members of [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-07T12:01:30-05:00January 7, 2026|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, telehealth|

MedPAC Discusses Preliminary 2027 Rate Recommendations

The members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met virtually [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-12-10T08:09:48-05:00December 10, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

Federal Health Policy Update for November 20

The following is the latest health policy news from the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-11-21T11:55:37-05:00November 20, 2025|Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, proposed public charge regulation, public charge regulation, public charge regulation and medicaid, telehealth|

Senate Committee Looks at 340B

Last week the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-10-28T16:35:53-04:00October 29, 2025|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals|

The Struggle to Help Prove Medicaid Eligibility

With new Medicaid work rules scheduled to take effect in [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-10-23T15:22:52-04:00October 28, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid|

Federal Health Policy Update for September 18

The following is the latest health policy news from the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-09-18T17:13:53-04:00September 18, 2025|340b, Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, deficit reduction, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, telehealth|

ASH Comments on Medicare Outpatient Rule

ASH has submitted written comments to the Centers for Medicare [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-09-16T16:58:51-04:00September 17, 2025|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare regulations|