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This week in Washington — MACPAC votes on UPL payment reporting requirements. You are tuning in to the health policy update from America’s Essential Hospitals for the week of Dec. 16.
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This week in Washington — America’s Essential Hospitals responds to a proposed rule on the Basic Health Program.
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This week in Washington — America’s Essential Hospitals comments on a proposed rule on Medicare payments to federally qualified health centers.
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This week in Washington — America’s Essential Hospitals comments on a congressional proposal to fix the physician payment system.
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This week in Washington — the health secretary states that marketplace health insurance plans are not federal health care programs.
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This week in Washington — CMS delays the release of the 2014 OPPS final rule.
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This week in Washington — the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released an analysis on uninsured poor adults in states not expanding their Medicaid program.
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This week in Washington — CMS releases new guidance about certified application counselor organizations.
This week in Washington— CMS released guidance on the “two-midnight” rule.
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This week in Washington—open enrollment in health insurance marketplaces begins.
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This week in Washington—signing people up for health insurance in the new marketplaces.
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This week in Washington—how partnership marketplaces will work.
This week in Washington—outlining federally-run marketplaces.
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This week in Washington—addressing key elements of state-run marketplaces.
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This week in Washington — ensuring continuous coverage for people transitioning between Medicaid and insurance offered through the exchanges.
This week in Washington—including essential community providers in health plans sold through the exchanges.
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This week in Washington – outlining requirements for qualified health plans sold through the exchange.
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This week in Washington – different levels of coverage will be offered through the health insurance marketplaces.
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This week in Washington – the essential health benefits package covers specific categories of care.
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This week in Washington – financial support will be available for consumers purchasing health insurance coverage in the exchanges.
This week in Washington – Open enrollment in health insurance exchanges begins Oct. 1.
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This week in Washington – GAO officials review federal grants awarded to states for their health insurance exchanges.
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This week in Washington – HHS issues its final rule on who is exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement to have insurance coverage.
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This week in Washington – NAPH announces its transformation to ‘America’s Essential Hospitals’ and GAO releases a report on exchanges.
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This week in Washington – a new study quantifies the impact of states opting out of the Medicaid expansion.
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This week in Washington – NAPH submits comments on the governmental entity definition.
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This week in Washington – states work towards the health benefit exchange Oct 1 enrollment deadline.
This week in Washington – CMS announces round two of funding for innovation awards and opens applications for the Model 1 bundled payment initiative.
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This week in Washington – CMS released its proposed rule for implementing the Medicaid DSH cuts.