Tag archives: ACA Repeal and Replace

Coalition of conservative groups release outline of plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act

Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in News from DC
On June 19, the Health Policy Consensus Group, a coalition of conservative groups including the Heritage Foundation, the Galen Institute and the Hoover Institution, released an outline of a new proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The plan is similar to the Graham-Cassidy bill that Congress failed to enact last year.  … Continue reading

Congressional hearings held on the Trump administration’s FY 2019 budget request and health care industry consolidation

Photo of Jeff Wurzburg (US)By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on Posted in News from DC
On February 14, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced projections that national health care spending is expected to increase an average of 5.5% a year between 2017 – 2026 and will account for almost 20% of Gross Domestic Product by 2026.  This announcement provides context for the continued focus on controlling … Continue reading

U.S. Senate Republican leadership decides against full Senate vote on Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal and replace legislation; HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns under pressure from the White House

Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in News from DC
On Tuesday, September 26, Senate Republican leadership decided not to hold a full Senate vote on the Graham-Cassidy Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace legislation. The previous day, Monday, September 25, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Graham-Cassidy bill. Following the hearing, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced her opposition to the … Continue reading

CMS clarifies when hospitals are primarily engaged in inpatient care; U.S. Republican Senators introduce ACA repeal legislation while Democrats promote Medicare for all

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued Survey and Certification Letter 17-44, clarifying what it means for a facility to be “primarily engaged” in inpatient care for purposes of meeting the definition of a hospital and qualifying for reimbursement as a hospital under Medicare and Medicaid. A facility is primarily engaged in … Continue reading

Republicans advance ACA repeal and replace legislation through 2 House Committees; House Budget Committee will take up Bill this week

Photo of Thomas Dowdell (US)By Thomas Dowdell (US) on Posted in News from DC
On Thursday, March 9, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee approved by a party-line vote the tax provisions in the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The AHCA is the Republican legislation to repeal and replace the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA). On the same day the House Energy and Commerce Committee … Continue reading
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