Medicare
The Medicare for America Act could force one-third of American workers off employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a study by KNG Health Consulting prepared for the Partnership for America鈥檚 Health Care Future.
A federal judge today reaffirmed her previous order to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to vacate cuts to Medicare payments for hospital outpatient services provided in off-campus provider-based departments grandfathered under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 that were included as鈥
Two House committees today marked up revised versions of the Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) 鈥 legislation that would make a series of changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower the price of prescription drugs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 30 published a final rule to modify the discharge planning process requirements for hospitals and certain post-acute care providers. The final rule is effective Nov. 29.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 final rule on the Medicare Conditions of Participation changes requirements that the agency identified as unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers. The provisions take effect Nov. 29.
Hospitals and health systems are leading transformative efforts to provide better care at lower costs for patients and communities.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday discussed several potential changes to restructure the Part D benefit.
President Trump today issued an executive order calling for policies 鈥渢o protect and improve the Medicare program by enhancing its fiscal sustainability through alternative payment methodologies that link payment to value, increase choice, and lower regulatory burdens imposed upon providers.鈥
AHA yesterday urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to release a 鈥渕ore granular assessment of the hospital-level impacts鈥 of its potential changes to the Indirect Medical Education program.
The Department of Health and Human Services through June 30 has reduced by 25% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency recently provided to a federal court.