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The Senate will not vote this week on a proposal by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act, the proposal鈥檚 sponsors and Senate Republican leaders announced this afternoon.
The AHA yesterday again urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to remove its overall hospital star ratings from Hospital Compare and explore alternative approaches. Commenting on proposed updates to the ratings methodology, AHA noted that further analysis performed after the initial鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the preliminary Medicare payment rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and advanced diagnostic laboratory tests in calendar year 2018. The rates are based on a weighted median of private insurer payment rates, as required by a鈥
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, the Food and Drug Administration is working to avoid critical shortages of drugs made in Puerto Rico, which is home to dozens of drug and device manufacturing facilities, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced yesterday.
By 2026, the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of uninsured Americans by more than 20 million and reduce federal funding to states by $275 billion, AHA told the Senate Finance Committee today in a statement鈥
The AHA today urged members of the U.S. Senate 鈥渢o protect our patients and find ways to maintain coverage for as many Americans as possible鈥 by rejecting the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Eleven state insurance commissioners and 25 former commissioners today urged congressional leaders to oppose the Graham-Cassidy proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act. 鈥淚nstead, we ask that you work toward a bipartisan bill that would improve market stability,鈥濃
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to finalize in the calendar year 2018 final rule its proposal to redesign the home health payment system in 2019.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today said he will not vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act, which is expected to go to the Senate floor next week. 鈥淚 cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,鈥 McCain said. 鈥淚鈥
The National Association of Medicaid Directors yesterday urged Congress to 鈥渃arefully consider the significant challenges鈥 posed by the Graham-Cassidy proposal. Unveiled last week by Sens.