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Article Published: November 4, 2022

Urban Safety-Net Hospitals Most Vulnerable to Looming Health Care Cuts

While a great deal of attention has been paid to [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-12-04T16:34:34-05:00December 8, 2025|community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, safety-net hospitals|

New Medicaid Work Requirement Could Slam Hospital Finances

The Medicaid work/community engagement requirement included in the “One Big [...]

Joseph Steinbock2025-09-26T12:30:53-04:00September 29, 2025|community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, safety-net hospitals|

Drug Company Seeks to Alter 340B Terms

A pharmaceutical company proposes launching an effort to begin transforming [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-08-30T16:37:28-04:00September 3, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, community safety-net hospitals|

Federal Health Policy Update for May 30

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

Joseph Steinbock2024-05-30T17:22:19-04:00May 30, 2024|340b, COVID 19, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC|

ASH Unveils 2024 Advocacy Agenda

The Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has unveiled its 2024 advocacy [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-27T10:46:19-05:00February 27, 2024|340b, Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, ASH, community safety-net hospitals, health equity, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid regulations, safety-net hospitals|

Proposal Would Establish New “Essential Health System” Designation

The newly proposed “Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act” [...]

Joseph Steinbock2024-02-20T12:00:17-05:00February 20, 2024|ASH, community safety-net hospitals, Medicaid, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, National Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals, safety-net hospitals|

MedPAC Meets, Makes 2025 Payment Recommendations

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

Joseph Steinbock2023-12-12T12:50:03-05:00December 13, 2023|Medicare, Medicare regulations, MedPAC, safety-net hospitals|

When a Safety-Net Hospital Closes

A year ago the Atlanta Medical Center, a safety-net hospital, [...]

Joseph Steinbock2023-10-17T17:38:41-04:00October 18, 2023|safety-net hospitals|

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|