Trump Administration’s Proposal for Medicare Advantage Plans
PoliticoPro: By Rachel Roubein
The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Medicare
Advantage rate notice for 2020, a proposal letting insurers know how
much the federal...
Update on the timing of President Trump’s Budget
PoliticoPro: By Jennifer Scholtes and Caitlin Emma​The White House confirmed to POLITICO today that it will not be releasing President Donald Trump's budget...
Stark Law, anti-kickback proposed rules could come this year
Politico ProBy Rachel Roubein
​The No. 2 HHS official said today that much-anticipated proposed rules reforming the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute are...
Update to Posting of Hospital Charges
In a Jan. 17 tweet by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administrator Seema Verma, asking for the Twitterverse to "help us make...
CMS launches new Medicare app
CMS PRESS RELEASE 1/28/2019
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new app that gives consumers a modernized Medicare experience with...
2019 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines for 2019 have been released and are effective as of Jan. 11. Publication of...
Federal Committee Hearings Update
Senate Finance Committee kicks off next week with a hearing to look at drug pricing, “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part...
Federal Government Stalemate Continues
The partial federal government shutdown now enters the 4th week and the second missed paycheck for government workers. The House and the Senate continue...
CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held the Rural Health Open Door Forum on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The Rural Health Open Door...
340B Case Continues, AHA Outlines Medicare Appeals Instructions for Hospitals
On Dec. 27, 2018, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order in favor of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and...
