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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court has overturned 49 years of a women’s constitutional right to an abortion in siding today with Mississippi Department of Health Officer Thomas E. Dobbs in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
CMS urges Congress to extend American Rescue Plan funds for ACA tax subsidies
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is pushing for Congress to extend Affordable Care Act tax subsidies made possible by American Rescue Plan funds.
The subsidies are scheduled to expire at the end of 2022.
Hospital-based end-stage renal disease facilities get 3.7% increase in proposed rule
Total 2023 payments to all end-stage renal disease facilities would increase 3.1%, compared with 2022, under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System proposed rule that the Centers for Medicare and Med
Supreme Court rules against DaVita and in favor of health plan
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has sided with a health plan over its coverage for outpatient dialysis services.
Major dialysis service provider DaVita had sued the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan claiming its limited cover…
Home health agency payments in 2023 decrease by 4.2%, or $810 million, under proposed rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2023 would decrease in the aggregate by 4.2%, or $810 million, compared to 2022, in its 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update
Hospital mergers in Utah and New Jersey called off after FTC files complaints
HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care System in Utah have abandoned plans to merge following a move by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal.
The announcement – made by the FTC – comes two days after RWJBarnabas Health in New Jersey announced…
Anthem relaunches Wellpoint and announces Carelon ahead of rebrand
Anthem is relaunching its Wellpoint brand to unify its Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial health plans in select markets.
Supreme Court rules in favor of hospitals in 340B lawsuit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed up a ruling in favor of hospitals’ claims to 340B drug reimbursement, but left questions for providers as to how they will be made whole for the two years they didn’t receive billions from the Department of Health …
American Hospital Association urges Congress to stop July 1 Medicare sequester cuts
The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to prevent the Medicare sequester cuts to hospitals that are scheduled to go into effect on July 1.
Physicians would rather leave than work for Envision, doctor says
Physicians at Corona Regional Medical Center and Temecula Valley Hospital in California have threatened to leave the hospitals if for-profit owner Universal Health Services changes the staffing management firm to Envision Healthcare, according to an em…
