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Article Published: January 9, 2025

Inadequate Data Hinders Federal Approach to Health Equity

Federal efforts to develop and improve payment models and other [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-07-19T10:59:04-04:00July 19, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Alternative payment models, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, health equity, safety-net hospitals|

ASH Comments on Proposed Medicaid Managed Care Regulation

ASH has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-07-05T11:43:07-04:00July 5, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals, health equity, Medicaid, Medicaid regulations|

MACPAC Proposes New Approach to DSH, Helping Safety-Net Hospitals

To improve “…the relationship between total state and federal DSH [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-06-21T13:05:25-04:00June 21, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, safety-net hospitals|

ASH Differs With CMS on Identifying Safety-Net Hospitals

There are better ways to identify safety-net hospitals than by [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-06-08T17:15:16-04:00June 15, 2023|community safety-net hospitals, health equity, Medicaid, Medicare regulations, safety-net hospitals|

ASH Objects to Proposed Medicare DSH Cut

Medicare should increase, not decrease, Medicare disproportionate share payments (Medicare [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-06-08T17:01:50-04:00June 14, 2023|ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, safety-net hospitals|

ASH Protests Medicare’s Proposed FY 2024 Inpatient Rate Increase

The proposed increase in Medicare inpatient rates for FY 2024 [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-06-08T16:55:27-04:00June 13, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, COVID 19, Medicare, Medicare regulations, safety-net hospitals|

Beneficiaries Starting to Feel Effects of Medicaid Unwinding

With the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, states [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-05-25T16:44:25-04:00May 31, 2023|COVID 19, Medicaid|

ASH Asks House to Support HR 2665, Delay Devastating Medicaid DSH Cut

Medicaid disproportionate share payments are a vital tool in helping [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-05-04T17:48:31-04:00May 8, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH|

ASH Endorses H.R. 2665, the Supporting Safety-Net Hospitals Act

In a letter to Congress, ASH has expressed its support [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-04-26T10:55:57-04:00April 27, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH|

ASH Weighs in on E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing

In anticipation of a hearing by the Health Subcommittee of [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-04-26T09:49:40-04:00April 26, 2023|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, safety-net hospitals|

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