February 2016

President’s FY2017 budget proposal includes additional incentives for states to expand Medicaid, permanent DSH rebasing, CHIP extension, extended Medicaid primary care pay bump and cuts to Medicare IME and bad debt.

February 2016

MACPAC issues congressionally-mandated report on Medicaid DSH, recommends better targeting of funds to hospitals most in need.

November 2015

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