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Federal Health Policy Update for January 23

The Administration Public Communication The new administration has directed HHS [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-01-23T14:24:02-05:00January 23, 2025|340b, Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, COVID 19, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, public charge regulation, surprise medical bills|

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|

MedPAC Meets, Finalizes 2025 Payment Recommendations

2025 Medicare payments led the agenda at last week’s meeting [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-01-16T09:19:37-05:00January 16, 2024|Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

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|

ASH Comments on Proposed FY 2024 Inpatient Payment Regulation

In response to changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-06-20T09:27:12-04:00June 12, 2023|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, Medicare, Medicare regulations|

MedPAC Considers 2023 Medicare Rates at December Meeting

The government agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment matters [...]

Joseph Steinbock2022-12-13T15:02:29-05:00December 13, 2022|Medicare regulations, MedPAC, safety-net hospitals, telehealth|

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|

MedPAC Offers 2021 Medicare Rate Recommendations

MedPAC has recommended to Congress changes in Medicare payment rates [...]

Joseph Steinbock2020-03-26T11:50:15-04:00March 26, 2020|Medicare, Medicare regulations|

MedPAC Offers Recommendations on FY 2020 Rates, More

Last week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its annual [...]

Joseph Steinbock2019-03-19T06:00:20-04:00March 19, 2019|accountable care organization, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

CMS Proposes Changes in Inpatient Rates, Medicare DSH, and Wage Index

Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published [...]

Joseph Steinbock2018-05-01T06:00:19-04:00May 1, 2018|Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, private safety-net hospitals|