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For-Profit Operators Opening Psychiatric Hospitals
Seeing a growing shortage of inpatient psychiatric beds for people with severe mental illness, a growing number of for-profit companies are establishing psychiatric hospitals in areas of need. Across the country, inpatient psychiatric hospitals have been closing for years and many acute-care hospitals have been closing their inpatient psychiatric units as well. Now, for-profit operators see opportunity and are attempting to seize it in underserved areas – and especially in underserved rural areas. Learn more about this trend of for-profit companies opening inpatient psychiatric hospitals from the KFF Health News [...]
MACPAC to Talk Medicaid Financing, Supplemental Payments, More
Members of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission will meet publicly on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12. Subjects on the two-day session’s agenda include: Medicaid and children’s health insurance program (CHIP) financing access to home- and community-based services supplemental Medicaid hospital payments such as Medicaid disproportionate share (Medicaid DSH) Medicaid unwinding recommendations for MACPAC’s June report to Congress Go here for a closer look at the MACPAC meeting agenda and for information about how to participate in the meeting.
MedPAC to Talk Telemedicine, Doc Payments, 340B, More
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will meet publicly on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12. Medicare reimbursement subjects on the two-day session’s agenda include: telehealth inpatient rehabilitation hospital payments the physician fee schedule Medicare Advantage Part D generic drug pricing Part B rate and 340B ceilings Go here for a more detailed look at the MedPAC agenda and for information about how to participate in the meeting.
Federal Health Policy Update for April 4
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 29 – April 4. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The White House The White House has announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a government-wide policy to attempt to mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and harness its benefits. The order directs action to strengthen AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers and workers, and promote [...]
Medicaid Unwinding After One Year
The process known as “Medicaid unwinding” has now been under way for a year. When Congress expanded Medicaid eligibility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic it also banned states from removing participants from their Medicaid rolls; the penalty for doing so was reduced federal Medicaid funding, a price no state was willing to pay. During the course of the pandemic, nationwide Medicaid enrollment rose 22 million, to 94 million last March. But a year ago states were directed to begin reviewing the eligibility of those then on their Medicaid rolls [...]