Affordable Care Act
The AHA Friday filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting hospitals鈥 efforts to remove from a municipal ballot in November a union-backed measure that would impose pricing caps on hospitals and other health care providers, calling the measure not just misguided health care policy but also legally鈥
Eligible individuals and entities, including hospitals, can apply through Aug. 9 for funding to operate as 鈥渘avigators鈥 in states with a federally-facilitated health insurance exchange in plan year 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced that $10.4 billion in risk adjustment transfers for benefit year 2017 are on hold until certain litigation over the risk adjustment methodology is resolved.
More than 10.6 million individuals had paid their first month鈥檚 premium to officially trigger their 2018 health insurance coverage through the federal and state-based exchanges in February.
A bipartisan group of governors yesterday urged the administration to reverse its decision to no longer defend in federal court the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 protections for patients with pre-existing conditions.
The AHA, joined by the Federation of 黑料正能量s, Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Association of American Medical Colleges, today urged a federal district court in Texas to deny a request by 20 Republican-led states to declare the Affordable Care Act鈥
In a 2-1 ruling today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court ruling that the federal government failed to satisfy its payment obligations to insurer Moda Health Plan.
June 14, 2018 - Brief of the 黑料正能量 Association, Federation of 黑料正能量s, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Association of American Medical Colleges as Amici Curiae in Support of Intervenor-Defendants
The Department of Justice yesterday told a federal court that it would no longer defend key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including ones that require individuals to have health insurance and protect consumers with pre-existing medical conditions.
The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will have sufficient funds to cover its obligations until 2026, three years earlier than projected last year, according to the latest annual report from the Medicare Board of Trustees.