May 27, 2025 | Directed Payments, Legislation, Medicaid, News and Updates
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed a reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that, if enacted, will reduce federal Medicaid spending by $800 billion through 2034. The bill now moves to the Senate, where changes to the bill, including its...
Dec 10, 2021 | Legislation, Medicare, News and Updates
On December 10, 2021, President Bident signed into law legislation further delaying steep Medicare cuts that were slated to take effect in the new year. Specifically, the moratorium on 2% Medicare sequestration cuts has been extended until April 1, 2022; cuts will be...
Sep 30, 2021 | Legislation, News and Updates, Rulemaking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an interim final rule (IFR) establishing the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for surprise billing disputes and a similar process for uninsured/self-pay patients, as required by the No...
Sep 26, 2019 | DSH, Legislation, News and Updates
On September 26, 2019, the Senate approved a bipartisan continuing resolution to temporarily delay $4 billion in cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. The cuts, originally set to take place on October 1, will now take effect on November...
Feb 9, 2018 | DSH, Legislation, News and Updates
On February 9th 2018, Congress passed an extensive 2-year budget deal that included a delay to the scheduled DSH cuts until 2020. The bill contained additional health care measures, such as funding to combat the opioid epidemic and technical changes to MACRA (Medicare...
Jan 22, 2018 | Legislation, Medicaid, News and Updates
On January 22, 2018, the Senate passed a continuing resolution to reopen and fund the government through February 8, 2018. Included in the bill is a 6-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The final policy details surrounding the program...
