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Once again, the nation’s safety net is staring down a severe cut to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital funding, as it has almost every year since 2014. This time, hospitals and their vulnerable patients face a $4 billion reduction Oct. 1 that would slash one-third of the program’s funding in one year.
So Congress again must consider an action it has taken four times already since the cuts were scheduled to start: delay them. Previous delays enjoyed strong bipartisan support, and that’s clearly the case again this year—even as some question whether another delay just kicks the can down the road.
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Thanks to the state’s embrace of Obamacare, California has expanded health insurance to millions of uninsured residents over the last five years. But as the number of people covered has grown, so has the strain on the doctors, clinics and hospitals that must respond to the increasing demand for care.
The problem is especially acute when it comes to primary care doctors and other front-line care providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners. A study by UC San Francisco estimated that the state will have a shortfall of 4,700 of these clinicians by 2025. And the California Future Health Workforce Commission warned earlier this year: “Seven million Californians, the vast majority of them Latino, black and Native American, live in Health Professional Shortage Areas — a federal designation for counties experiencing shortfalls of primary care, dental care or mental health care providers.”
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As of April 1, 26 counties were approved to deliver Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) services, representing nearly 88 percent of the Medi-Cal population statewide. Fourteen additional counties are in various phases of implementation.
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When we talk about “the hospital story,” we often think about it in aggregate, the one that yields huge statewide numbers and powerful data:
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Last week, a federal district court ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exceeded its statutory authority when it implemented a 30% reduction to 2019 Medicare reimbursement rates — included in the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule — for certain pharmaceutical drugs covered by the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
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A new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research examines how current policy proposals to expand coverage would impact residents across the state, finding that as many as 3.6 million Californians would benefit.
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When we talk about “the hospital story,” we often think about it in aggregate, the one that yields huge statewide numbers and powerful data:
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CHA has issued a summary — prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc. — of the federal fiscal year 2020 long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system proposed rule. The summary describes payment, policy and quality proposals under the LTCH Quality Reporting Program. Comments on the proposed rule are due June 24.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week announced a number of improvements to the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program, seeking to reduce providers’ burden by better targeting program integrity efforts.