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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|

Impact of Lost Health Insurance Subsidies Already Seen

The expiration of enhanced tax credits for the purchase of [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-13T15:34:56-05:00January 15, 2026|Affordable Care Act, community safety-net hospitals|

340B Pilot in Limbo After Court Acts – Twice

The future of the Department of Health and Human Services’ [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-13T17:05:04-05:00January 14, 2026|340b, community safety-net hospitals|

Hospital Bad Debt and Charity Care Rising

Hospital bad debt and charity care are rising, according to [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-12-16T16:35:01-05:00December 17, 2025|community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicaid|

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|

Urban Safety-Net Hospitals Most Vulnerable to Looming Health Care Cuts

While a great deal of attention has been paid to [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-12-04T16:34:34-05:00December 8, 2025|community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, safety-net hospitals|

CMS Lays Groundwork for Medicaid Provider Taxes Regulations

In a message to state Medicaid programs, the Centers for [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-11-20T16:50:48-05:00November 24, 2025|community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Uncategorized|

Medicare, Medicaid Regulations Logjam Should Soon End

The shutdown of the federal government brought the usual flow [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-11-13T17:06:08-05:00November 18, 2025|community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations|

Health Care and the End of the Shutdown

Passage last week of a continuing resolution to fund the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-11-13T16:37:37-05:00November 17, 2025|Affordable Care Act, community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, telehealth|