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The AHA and Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and several Texas hospitals and health systems challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Departmental Appeals Board decision adopting a 鈥渘et effect鈥濃
A recent Health Affairs Blog post by physicians 鈥済ives an incomplete account of the implications of allowing new and expanded physician-owned hospitals to bill Medicare and Medicaid,鈥 writes Shira Hollander, AHA senior associate director of policy.
A recent Health Affairs post gives an incomplete account of the implications of allowing new and expanded physician-owned hospitals to bill Medicare and Medicaid.
Dr. Hochman was joined in March by Alvin Hoover, CEO of King鈥檚 Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Miss., who is serving on the front lines of rural health care.
AHA shares initial recommendations for priorities to include in infrastructure legislative package.
The Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program Payment and Access Commission released its March report to Congress, which recommends automatically increasing the federal share of Medicaid expenditures during economic downturns to support increased enrollment and decreased state revenue.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a request for applications for practices and payers to participate in the Primary Care First Model beginning in January 2022.
The Biden administration has abandoned the prior administration鈥檚 defense of the public charge rule, dismissing appeals to the Supreme Court and circuit courts that sought to overturn district court decisions enjoining enforcement of the rule.
The House of Representatives early this morning voted 219-212 to approve a modified version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, legislation to provide reconciliation protection for a roughly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes a number of provisions that affect hospitals and鈥
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The Department of Justice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to remand the appealed Arkansas and New Hampshire cases to the Department of Health and Human Services to determine the appropriate path forward for the demonstration projects.