On March 22, 2013, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care (IOM Committee) released an interim report analyzing a potential Medicare payment policy,...more
CMS has posted a final rule regarding increased federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) changes for payments for certain Medicaid populations and is simultaneously seeking comment on selected provisions of the final rule...more
On March 22, 2013, the Senate cast a duo of votes on the wage index issue during a series of votes on the budget resolution. The two votes related to Section 3141 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which critics have dubbed...more