Medicaid
Repealing the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 federal premium tax credits and Medicaid expansion to low-income adults in 2019 would result in a $140 billion cut in federal funding for health care and 2.9 million job losses that year, according to a report from the Milken Institute School of Public鈥
The 115th Congress is underway, and discussions about repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are taking place in earnest. Congress and President-elect Trump's administration have made repeal and replace one of their top legislative priorities, with a goal of having a bill on the President-elects鈥
Underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid to U.S. hospitals was $51 billion in 2014. Medicare reimbursed 89 cents and Medicaid reimbursed 90 cents for every dollar hospitals spent caring for these patients. This fact sheet provides the definition of underpayment and technical information on how this鈥
In 2014, community hospitals have provided more than $42.8 billion in uncompensated care to their patients. This fact sheet provides the definition of uncompensated care and technical information on how this figure is calculated on a cost basis.
The AHA yesterday asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed rule that would further limit states鈥 ability to increase or create new pass-through payments for hospitals, physicians or nursing homes under Medicaid managed care contracts.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission today recommended five additional years of federal funding for the State Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program, calling for action 鈥渁s soon as possible鈥 to preserve health insurance coverage for more than 8 million children and mitigate budget鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will partner with up to six states to test a new accountable care organization model for beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. CMS is accepting letters of intent from states that wish to work with the agency to design certain state-鈥
The 114th Congress finished its work last week, and lawmakers have returned to their districts for the holidays.
More than 15.7 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2016.