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Budget Control Act of 2011 Sequestration

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Pennsylvania Hospitals Challenge Medicare Advantage Plan’s Sequestration Adjustment

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On September 22, 2014, twelve hospitals filed a complaint in a Pennsylvania state court against a Medicare Advantage plan, Highmark, Inc., along with its HMO subsidiary, for implementing a two-percent reduction to the...more

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Medicare Providers React To New Congressional Budget Deal

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A recent Congressional budget deal, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, would exclude hospitals from sequester relief. Medicare provider payment cuts would be extended through 2023, two years longer than the cuts set by the...more

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Automatic Reductions in Subsidy Payments for Certain Direct Pay Bonds will Continue for Fiscal Year 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, on March 1, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order reducing the budgetary authority in accounts subject to...more

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The Congressional Appropriations Process – Rewriting the Rules

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During the coming summer months, Congress will focus its attention on the appropriations process—an annual exercise that, ideally, ends with a determination of funding for the federal government for the following fiscal year...more

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CMS to Congress: Sequestration of Cancer Drug Reimbursement to Continue

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A June 3, 2013 letter from CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) states that the agency does not believe it has any discretion under the Budget Control Act of 2011 to exempt Part B cancer drug...more

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Sequestration to Reduce Government Payments to Issuers of Certain Qualifying Bonds

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March 2013 On March 1, 2013, $85 Billion in automatic reductions in federal spending occurred as mandated by federal law. The automatic budget cuts are known in the parlance of the Beltway as “sequestration.” For issuers of...more

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SEQUESTRATION: Preparing Government Contractors for Uncertainty, Cut-Backs and Contract Termination

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Current reports from Congress suggest that “sequestration” will likely take effect as early as March 1, 2013. The sequestration is a key part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which requires the federal government to...more

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