January 2016

CMS announces Innovation Center funding for Accountable Health Communities to test models addressing beneficiaries’ social needs.

November 2015

OIG Release 2016 Workplan; Includes Reviews of Hospital Provider-Based Status, Medicaid Provider Taxes and Medicare Payment for 340B Discounted Drugs

November 2015

Congress enacts Site Neutral Legislation policy denying outpatient hospital reimbursement to new offsite hospital clinics

November 2015

CMS releases final Medicaid Equal Access Rule (with comment period) requiring regular state reviews of whether payments are sufficient to ensure beneficiary access