Healthcare DIVE February 9, 2018
David Lim

Dive Brief:

  • After a few tense hours early Friday, Congress passed and the president signed a wide-ranging, two-year budget deal that also extends government funding through March 23, staving off an extended shutdown.
  • The bill has a variety of health policy implications, including a delay to Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts, a repeal of the board some labeled a “death panel” during debate over the Affordable Care Act and funding to fight the opioid crisis. Also included are technical changes to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 aimed at smoothing the transition to the new Quality Payment Program.
  • The agreement does not include reinsurance or cost-sharing reduction payment funds, which some lawmakers pursued in an effort...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Congress / White House, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HITECH, MACRA, Medicaid, Medicare, Payer, Pharma, Physician, Primary care, Regulations
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