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Article Published: July 15, 2026

Federal Health Policy Update for June 11

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

Joseph Steinbock2026-06-11T15:51:22-04:00June 11, 2026|ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations|

ASH Comments on Proposed FY 2027 Medicare Inpatient Payment Rule

The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has submitted formal comments in [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-06-09T12:51:14-04:00June 9, 2026|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Alternative payment models, ASH, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations|

ASH Comments on Proposed FY 2026 Medicare Payments

The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has submitted formal comments to [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-06-10T10:31:51-04:00June 10, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Alternative payment models, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations|

Hospitals Continue to Protest Huge Medicare DSH Cut

The regulation has already been finalized but hospitals continue to [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-08-15T17:03:38-04:00August 17, 2023|community safety-net hospitals, health equity, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, National Alliance of 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|

CMS Finalizes FY 2021 Payments to Hospitals

Medicare has announced how it will pay hospitals for inpatient [...]

Joseph Steinbock2020-09-09T06:00:05-04:00September 9, 2020|Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, private safety-net hospitals|

NASH Comments on Proposed Changes in Medicare Payments

NASH has submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare [...]

Joseph Steinbock2020-07-13T06:00:31-04:00July 13, 2020|Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals|

NASH Comments on Proposed Medicare Regulation (Part 2 of 3)

The National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has submitted formal comments [...]

Joseph Steinbock2019-06-26T06:00:05-04:00June 26, 2019|Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals|

NASH Comments on Proposed Medicare Regulation (Part 1 of 3)

The National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has submitted formal comments [...]

Joseph Steinbock2019-06-25T06:00:07-04:00June 25, 2019|Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals|

More Potential Budget Obstacles for Private Safety-Net Hospitals

Part two of the Trump administration’s proposed FY 2020 budget [...]

Joseph Steinbock2019-03-20T13:00:17-04:00March 20, 2019|Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, NASH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, private safety-net hospitals|