Marketplace Issues/Stability
The Department of Treasury this week finalized regulations that will enable more families to access health insurance subsidies on the Health Insurance Marketplace. The regulations eliminate the “family glitch” that inaccurately assessed the affordability of coverage — and therefore eligibility for…
Hospital patients are sicker and more medically complex than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, driving up hospital costs for labor, drugs and supplies, according to a new AHA report.
The House today voted 220-207 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376), sending it to President Biden for his signature.
The Senate yesterday voted 51-50 to approve the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376), a roughly $700 billion social spending package that includes health care, climate change and tax provisions.
The AHA commends CMS on the updates to the network adequacy standards, which are critical to ensuring that patients have access to the care they need. We also strongly support CMS’ attention to advancing health equity and look forward to continued partnership on this important work.
This document summarizes proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for 2023 on the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.
Amicus Brief: NJ Hospital Association Re: Federal Trade Commission V. Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. and Englewood Healthcare Foundation
INTRODUCTION
The FTC’s approach to defining the relevant geographic market in this case conflicts with settled law and economic principles, as well as business reality. In-deed, the FTC is attempting to do something that it has never directly attempted in hospital merger litigation—define a…
Summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule with additional policies for health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces for plan years 2022 and beyond.
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G
Washington, DC 20201
RE: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing…