by keith | Nov 1, 2017 | DSH, Medicaid, Medicare, News and Updates, Rulemaking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized regulations requiring states to include Medicare or commercial payments for services provided to dually eligible Medicaid patients when calculating the hospital-specific limit on DSH payments during...
by keith | Jul 11, 2017 | Medicaid, News and Updates, Waivers
CMS has posted on its website a presentation from May 2016 announcing significant changes to its budget neutrality policy for Section 1115 demonstrations. The policy could restrict states’ abilities to continue or newly implement Medicaid provider payment...
by keith | Feb 1, 2017 | Executive Action, News and Updates, Rulemaking
On January 30, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring agencies proposing any new regulation to identify at least two existing regulations for repeal. The Executive Order also directs agency heads that any new incremental costs associated with a new...
by keith | Feb 1, 2017 | Executive Action, News and Updates
On January 20, 2017, the Trump administration issued a regulatory review memorandum, instructing agency heads to freeze new and pending regulations for review by the new administration. More specifically, the memorandum directs agency heads to: Send no regulations to...
by keith | Feb 1, 2017 | ACA, Executive Action, News and Updates
On Inauguration Day, President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing his administration to “exercise all authority and discretion available . . . to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) pending repeal...
