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The Senate early this afternoon voted 75-22, a veto-proof margin, to approve a domestic spending amendment that includes two key hospital issues: the moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations, and a ban on self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals.
The Administration yesterday announced it will voluntarily extend for 60 days the current moratorium on Medicaid rules related to intergovernmental transfers \(IGT\), certified public expenditures \(CPE\) and graduate medical education \(GME\).
In a key victory for people who rely on Medicaid, and for the hospitals and other providers who take care of them, the House today voted to attach the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, H.R. 5613, to the Iraq supplemental spending bill.
Plaintiffs' \(Alameda County Medical Center\) Response to Defendants' Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Defendants' Cross-Mostion for Summary Judgment
Plaintiffs' \(Alameda County Medical Center\) Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and in reply to defendants' opposition to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments…
Today, the fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\) was placed on display by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\). In addition to other changes, this proposal would implement several key provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and S…
Unique Union Election Ground Rules Undermined by Inter-Union Rivalry - On March 11, Catholic Healthcare Partners \(CHP\) was forced to withdraw petitions for union elections to be held under unique ground rules in nine hospitals, covering more than 8,500 employees in 47 units.