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Article Published: September 24, 2026

Federal Health Policy Update for September 17

Don’t Miss: CMS advises on “medical frailty” as qualification [...]

Joseph Steinbock2026-09-17T16:17:43-04:00September 17, 2026|accountable care organization, Alternative payment models, Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, surprise medical bills|

Federal Health Policy Update for January 22

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

Joseph Steinbock2026-01-22T17:39:55-05:00January 22, 2026|Affordable Care Act, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, MedPAC, telehealth|

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|

Federal Health Policy Update for May 15

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

Joseph Steinbock2025-05-15T17:15:09-04:00May 15, 2025|accountable care organization, Alternative payment models, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMMI, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations|

Federal Health Policy Update for May 1

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

Joseph Steinbock2025-05-01T15:25:28-04:00May 1, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, telehealth|

Federal Health Policy Update for March 20

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

Joseph Steinbock2025-03-20T15:56:14-04:00March 20, 2025|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

Federal Health Policy Update for March 6

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

Joseph Steinbock2025-03-06T16:34:02-05:00March 6, 2025|health equity, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare regulations, telehealth|

Federal Health Policy Update for February 27

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

Joseph Steinbock2025-02-27T16:23:47-05:00February 27, 2025|COVID 19, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, public charge regulation, public charge regulation and medicaid, telehealth|

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 Meets

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, January [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-01-21T17:28:28-05:00January 22, 2025|Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|