On July 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists extending the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for another ninety...more
In the wake of phase three of coronavirus relief in the form of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), lawmakers are discussing phase four. For this update, however, we go back to phase two, the...more
4/6/2020
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President Trump declared a National Emergency under the Stafford Act on March 13, 2020. This allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive certain Medicare and Medicaid requirements, giving hospitals and...more
For hospitals that “serve a disproportionate number of indigent patients” Medicaid allows for supplemental payments to help ensure their financial viability. The calculation of those supplemental payments recently became the...more
11/19/2019
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