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Article Published: November 21, 2024

Federal Health Policy Update for November 14

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-11-14T15:12:36-05:00November 14, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, COVID 19, health equity, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, MedPAC, telehealth|

Prevent Medicaid DSH Cut, ASH Asks House

The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has asked members of the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-11-13T11:18:33-05:00November 13, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, Medicaid DSH|

Federal Health Policy Update for October 31

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-10-31T15:07:33-04:00October 31, 2024|accountable care organization, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Alternative payment models, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, telehealth|

ASH Looks Ahead to Lame Duck

When the dust clears after next week’s presidential election, Congress [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-10-30T17:27:53-04:00October 31, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, COVID 19, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, telehealth|

CMS Responds to 340B Threat

Last month, Johnson & Johnson announced that it would stop [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-09-18T13:18:44-04:00September 19, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH|

ASH Seeks Support for Opposition to 340B Challenge

In the wake of a pharmaceutical company seeking to circumvent [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-09-17T14:29:01-04:00September 17, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH|

Federal Health Policy Update for September 12

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-09-12T15:13:44-04:00September 12, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Alternative payment models, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, community safety-net hospitals, COVID 19, Medicaid, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

ASH Comments on Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Payments

Medicare should increase payments to physicians for caring for Medicare [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-09-05T12:09:58-04:00September 9, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare regulations, telehealth|

ASH Comments on Proposed 2025 Medicare Outpatient Payments

Medicare’s proposal to increase payments for outpatient services by 2.6 [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-09-05T16:05:12-04:00September 8, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, health equity, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare regulations|

ASH Advocates Higher Rates, More DSH Money in Letter to CMS

Medicare rates should increase more than the 2.6 percent the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-06-11T14:04:21-04:00June 11, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Alternative payment models, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, social determinants of health|