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
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
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