Health Care System
States may become a party to the House Republicans’ lawsuit challenging cost-sharing reduction payments because they would suffer concrete injury if the payments ended, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered yesterday. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia…
Senators early this morning voted 49-51 against a skinny bill to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.
CMS today issued a proposed rule that would implement the Affordable Care Act requirement for aggregate reductions to be made to state Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) allotments for fiscal year (FY) 2018. Highlights of the proposed rule follow.
Senate Republican leaders July 20 unveiled a revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, legislation to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Senate leadership today released the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628).
The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today held a hearing to review the Health Resources and Services Administration’s oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program and how the program impacts patients, providers, manufacturers and other stakeholders.
The AHA July 13 criticized proposed deep cuts to how much the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reimburses hospitals for drugs acquired under the 340B Drug Pricing Program and proposes changes to site-neutral payment policies under Section 603 of the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act.
On July 13, the CMS released two calendar year 2018 proposed rules: the outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule and the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed to update hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by 1.75% in calendar year 2018 compared to CY 2017. The rule also would drastically cut Medicare payment for drugs that are acquired under the 340B Drug Pricing…