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Health Policy Update for January 30

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for January 24-30. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Introduction With the pause in external communication that the new administration imposed on HHS last week, including announcements, advisories, regular publications, and web site updates, there has been very little public communication from or activity involving HHS in the past week, including no new regulations or grant or meeting notices. The Administration Earlier in the week the federal Office of Management and Budget [...]

New Client

DeBrunner & Associates is pleased to welcome our newest client: the Delaware Healthcare Association. The Delaware Healthcare Association is a statewide trade and membership services organization that exists to represent and serve hospitals, health systems, and related health care organizations in their role of providing a continuum of appropriate, cost-effective, quality care to improve the health of the people of Delaware. The association views its primary role as that of serving as a leader in the promotion of effective change in health services through collaboration and consensus building on health [...]

January 30, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Federal Health Policy Update for January 23

The Administration Public Communication The new administration has directed HHS to pause all external communications, including announcements, advisories, regular publications, and web site updates. According to a published report, "HHS has issued a pause on mass communications and public appearances that are not directly related to emergencies or critical to preserving health," a spokesperson wrote in an email. "This is a short pause to allow the new team to set up a process for review and prioritization. There are exceptions for announcements that HHS divisions believe are mission critical, but [...]

January 23, 2025|Categories: Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Congress, COVID-19, Federal Update, hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid DSH allotments, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare bad debt reimbursement, Medicare cuts, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare post-acute care, Medicare regulations, Medicare reimbursement policy, MedPAC, Pennsylvania Update|Tags: CDC and avian flu warning, CDC and influenza A testing, GME payments, Graduate Medical Education payments, MACPAC, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Medicaid and weight-loss drugs, Medicare inpatient rates, Medicare interoperability, Medicare outpatient rates, Medicare Part D, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicare physician payments, Medicare quality reporting program, Medicare safety-net index, MedPAC, Regulatory freeze, rescinded executive orders|

MedPAC Meets

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, January 13 and Friday, January 14. The subjects on the meetings’ agenda were: assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: physician and other health professional services assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: hospital inpatient and outpatient services assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: skilled nursing facility services; home health agency services; inpatient rehabilitation facility services; outpatient dialysis services; and hospice services eliminating Medicare’s coverage limits on stays in freestanding inpatient psychiatric facilities Medicare prescription drug program (Part D): status report ambulatory surgical [...]

Federal Health Policy Update for January 16

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for January 11-17. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress House Budget Committee Republican members of the House Budget Committee have circulated a list of possible policy changes that would reduce federal spending by between $5.3 trillion and $5.7 trillion over a period of ten years. Up to $3.4 trillion of those possible cuts could include reductions in federal health care spending. The health care cuts the document lists (all figures are [...]

January 16, 2025|Categories: Accountable Care Organization, ACO, Affordable Care Act, Alternative payment models, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMMI, Congress, COVID-19, Federal Update, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid DSH allotments, Medicaid regulations, Medicare, Medicare bad debt reimbursement, Medicare cuts, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, Medicare reimbursement policy, Pennsylvania Update, Telehealth|Tags: artificial intelligence, Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, DEA and telehealth, Drug Enforcement Administration and telehealth, federal medical assistance percentage, FMAP, health care and private equity, health care consolidation, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Medicaid and HIV, Medicaid and postpartum health, Medicaid per capita caps, Medicaid provider taxes, Medicaid work requirement, Medicare Advantage, Medicare and accountable care organizations, Medicare and alternative payment models, Medicare and biosimilars, Medicare bad debt reimbursement, Medicare disproportionate share payments, Medicare DSH, Medicare Part D, Medicare sequestration, Medicare site-neutral outpatient payments, MLN Connects, No Surprises Act, public charge rule, surprise medical billing, telehealth and buprenorphine|

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