Senators Alexander and Murray release draft bill intended to stabilize the ACA marketplaces

By on October 23, 2017 Posted in News from DC

On October 17, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) announced a bipartisan proposal intended to stabilize Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces and relax ACA State Innovation Waiver restrictions. On October 19, Chairman Alexander released the proposed health care bill known as the Bipartisan … Continue reading

CBO releases report on effects of terminating ACA cost-sharing reduction payments; CMS proposes to end two incentive payment models

By on August 21, 2017 Posted in News from DC

On August 15, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) released a report on the effects of terminating payments to insurers for cost-sharing reductions under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) in 2017. The CBO estimated that by 2018, insurance premiums for silver plans would increase by 20 percent and leave 5 percent of Americans living in areas … Continue reading

CMS issues FY 2018 IPPS proposed rule and final rule intended to stabilize insurance marketplaces; Trump Administration threatens to end cost-sharing subsidies and vows to pass the AHCA

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on April 18, 2017 Posted in News from DC

Despite Congress being on Easter recess, last week was a busy week in Washington. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its fiscal year (FY) 2018 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule. The rule provides that the proposed increase in operating payment rates for general acute care hospitals paid under the IPPS … Continue reading