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Article Published: November 2, 2022

MedPAC Meets, Offers Preliminary 2026 Rate Proposals

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-12-17T13:31:19-05:00December 17, 2024|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

Federal Health Policy Update for September 19

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-09-19T14:47:49-04:00September 19, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, COVID 19, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare 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 August 22

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-08-22T15:08:15-04:00August 22, 2024|Alternative payment models, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, surprise medical bills, telehealth|

Federal Court Rejects Medicare DSH Regulation

The federal government must include uninsured patients that hospitals serve [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-08-20T16:48:17-04:00August 21, 2024|Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH|

Federal Health Policy Update for August 5

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-08-06T10:20:01-04:00August 6, 2024|Alternative payment models, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, health equity, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

Federal Health Policy Update for June 13

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-06-13T16:11:12-04:00June 13, 2024|Alternative payment models, health equity, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, telehealth|

Supreme Court to Review Medicare DSH Case

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to how the [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-06-12T10:58:56-04:00June 12, 2024|community safety-net hospitals, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH|

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|