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Article Published: September 12, 2024

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|

MACPAC Meets

Members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-04-16T13:35:31-04:00April 17, 2024|ASH, community safety-net hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations|

MedPAC Recommends Medicare Rate Updates to Congress

Some health care providers deserve larger Medicare payments in 2025, [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-03-19T17:27:41-04:00March 20, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

Medicaid DSH Cut In, Medicare Site-Neutral Payments Out of Health Bill?

With Congress at a stalemate on spending legislation, lawmakers are [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-27T14:03:35-05:00February 28, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare|

ASH Unveils 2024 Advocacy Agenda

The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has unveiled its 2024 advocacy [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-27T10:46:19-05:00February 27, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, health equity, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, safety-net hospitals|

Proposal Would Establish New “Essential Health System” Designation

The newly proposed “Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act” [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-20T12:00:17-05:00February 20, 2024|ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, safety-net hospitals|

Hospitals Rally Against Medicare Site-Neutral Payments

A proposal to save Medicare nearly $4 billion over a [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-15T08:58:20-05:00February 16, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare|

Looming Medicaid Challenges

State Medicaid programs are facing significant financial challenges in the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-13T15:07:01-05:00February 14, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, safety-net hospitals, social determinants of health|