Action Alert

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Reps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) are asking their House colleagues to sign on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider proposals to cut payments for evaluation and management…
Forty-eight senators Sept. 28 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reconsider its proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.
October 2, 2018—Reps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) are asking their House colleagues to sign on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider proposals to cut payments for evaluation…
On June 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the physician self-referral law, more commonly known as the Stark law. CMS published the RFI to further its efforts to remove unnecessary obstacles to care coordination and…
Please urge your representative to cosponsor the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act (H.R. 5678) The Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678) would establish a new rural facility designation under the Medicare program, allowing facilities meeting certain requirements to provide 24/7…
House and Senate conferees are meeting this week, including a public meeting on Wednesday, on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, legislation to overhaul the tax code that contains several notable provisions affecting hospitals.
The Senate has formally voted to go to conference with the House on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, legislation to overhaul the tax code that contains several notable provisions affecting hospitals (see below). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY)…
The House has named its conferees to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, legislation to overhaul the tax code that also contains several notable provisions affecting hospitals. The Senate is expected to name its conferees later today.
The Senate returns to Washington, D.C., today poised to begin debate on tax reform legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.