Medicare
January 11, 2022
Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
Chairman
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
425 I Street, N.W., Suite 701Washington, DC 20001
Dear Dr. Chernew:
As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, 1,000 new Medicare-funded residency positions will be distributed starting in fiscal year 2023.
Letter to CMS with comments on the agency鈥檚 interim final rule for a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for hospitals and other Medicare/Medicaid participants.
Responding to a recent request for input from the field, the AHA yesterday urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to balance the risk and reward in its alternative payment models 鈥渋n a way that reflects the significant investments required to launch and maintain APM participation.鈥
President Biden ordered federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, to take certain actions to reduce administrative burden and improve the customer experience for organizations and the public.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission this week discussed several draft recommendations for Congress, which the panel would vote on in January.
As urged by the AHA, the Senate last night voted 59-35 to pass legislation that would stop Medicare cuts to hospitals, physicians and other providers from going into effect early next year.
As urged by the AHA, the Senate today in a 59-35 bipartisan vote passed legislation that would stop Medicare cuts to hospitals, physicians and other providers from going into effect early next year.
AHA Thanks Bipartisan Senate in Statement on Senate Passage of Medicare Sequester Relief Legislation
The AHA appreciates that the Senate, on a bipartisan basis, has joined the House in halting harmful and imminent Medicare cuts to hospitals and physicians.
A bipartisan group of senators urged Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to extend through the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency the moratorium preventing a 2% cut to Medicare payments under sequestration.