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Federal Health Policy Update for Monday, June 21
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government as of 2:15 p.m. on Monday, June 21. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Supreme Court Decision in Affordable Care Act Challenge The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in the California v. Texas case by a 7-2 vote in which the court concluded that the plaintiffs did not have standing to pursue the matter because they were not directly harmed. See the court’s opinion here. White House [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for Tuesday, June 15
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government as of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Provider Relief Fund Late last week HHS announced that it has increased the amount of time providers will have to report information and extended key deadlines for expending Provider Relief Fund payments for recipients that received payments after June 30, 2020. The revised reporting requirements will be applicable to providers that received one or more payments exceeding, in [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for Thursday, June 10
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government as of 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 10. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. White House Health Policy News The White House has released a memo titled “What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware.” This memo addresses the growing number and size of ransomware incidents and calls upon government and the private sector to take steps to protect their organizations from this growing threat. The memo [...]
Low Payments Aren’t Only Factor Keeping Docs Away From Medicaid
It has long been assumed that low payments are the primary reason doctors choose not to serve Medicaid patients. It now appears, though, that there may be another, no-less important reason: challenges associated with billing Medicaid. A new study found that doctors struggle to do business with Medicaid more than they do with other insurers. According to the study, doctors reported that 19 percent of the initial claims they submit for caring for Medicaid patients are not paid in full – more than twice as often as they experience that [...]
New Health Care Leaders Share Priorities
New leaders at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation are quickly making their priorities known to health care industry stakeholders. For new CMS administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, her priority is coverage. She has declared that “Our focus is going to be on making sure regulations and policies are going to be focused on improving coverage,” and while she hopes that states that have not yet expanded their Medicaid programs will take advantage of current federal incentives to do so, there is another [...]