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AHA Comments on the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act
AHA comments on the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act.
Congress passes CR funding government through Nov. 17
The Senate Saturday passed a continuing resolution funding the government through Nov. 17 and avoiding a government shutdown.
Keeping up the Pressure to Protect Access to Care
As we’ve seen from recent media reports, Congress — and especially the House right now — continues to struggle to put together a plan to keep the government funded and avoid a potential shutdown that few want to see.
Government Funding Talks Continue, Hospitals and Health Systems Should Monitor Situation
There are nine days until the end of the federal fiscal year, and none of the 12 annual appropriations bills necessary to fund the federal government have been enacted.
Unwise DSH Cuts Combined with Rise in Uncompensated Care Due to Medicaid Redeterminations Coverage Losses Further Threaten Hospitals’ Financial Stability
The Medicaid program now faces the most significant coverage challenge in more than a decade. Consequently, over the past few months, hospitals have started to see a substantial increase in uncompensated care.
Blog: Uncompensated care increases, Medicare DSH cuts to exacerbate hospitals’ challenges
As millions of people are losing their Medicaid coverage as a result of the redetermination process, hospitals and health systems are seeing substantial increases in uncompensated care and facing new Medicare cuts that will exacerbate their financial challenges, according to a AHA blog post published Sept. 20.
CMS streamlines Medicare Savings Program enrollment
The Centers for Medicare the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 18 finalized select provisions in its proposed rule to streamline Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment.
House leaders urged to remove certain provisions from price transparency bill
AHA today voiced support for a provision in the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) that would suspend for two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital reductions scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 1, but urged House leaders to reject another provision that would permanently implement reductions to Medicare payments for drug administration services in off-campus hospital outpatient departments.
Blog: Health Affairs Article Misses the Mark on Physician-Owned Hospitals
A recent Health Affairs post gives an incomplete account of the implications of allowing new and expanded physician-owned hospitals to bill Medicare and Medicaid.
AHA blog: Physician-owned hospitals were restricted for good reason
A recent Health Affairs Blog post by physicians “gives an incomplete account of the implications of allowing new and expanded physician-owned hospitals to bill Medicare and Medicaid,” writes Shira Hollander, AHA senior associate director of policy.