DE Under 3: U.S. GAO Report on Military Spouse Employment Focused on Challenges of Part-Time Work
A Discussion with GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
This post is the first in a series dedicated to Colorado’s Medicaid finance and payment systems, challenges faced by those programs, and opportunities for expansion. The Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability...more
What You Need to Know- •The Hospital Price Transparency Rule requires hospitals to annually make public a comprehensive list of the hospital’s standard charges for provided items and services, including a display of charges...more
This week in Washington: Biden Administration expresses support for WTO TRIPS Waiver....more
This week in Washington: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he is waiting to see who will become the next House speaker before working on another COVID-19 stimulus package; Senate Appropriations Committee releases...more
This week in Washington: Washington’s focus has been on the presidential and Senate races....more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 7 (July 2020) - NIH has opened its “initial data set and tools” in its All of Us research program to investigators under a new beta model that does not allow downloading of...more
Four separate government releases coming over a three-week period have once again highlighted the intense interest in the 340B drug pricing program, with a federal agency and two government watchdog groups issuing guidance...more
On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report claiming that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) does not use adequate controls to confirm the eligibility of private...more
Less than two weeks into the new year, the federal government has released two new publications addressing concerns related to 340B Program oversight by both state and federal agencies. After a relatively quiet 2019, 340B...more
This Week in Washington: The House and Senate will leave for the holidays by Dec. 20....more
This week in Washington: The House and Senate return tomorrow from a two-week-long recess. Upcoming Hearings/Markups - Congress - House - Blue Dog Democrats Urge Speaker Pelosi to Call Vote on Several Bipartisan...more
This week in Washington: Senate to consider state of patent eligibility in America, House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on the single-payer issue and both the House and Senate continue to hold hearings on the...more
In late December 2017, Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon (with bi-partisan support) introduced the “340B Protecting Access for the Underserved and Safety-net Entities Act” (340B PAUSE Act), legislation that would implement a...more
On June 30, 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program, which evaluates hospital performance on quality and efficiency measures, and provides...more
Vermont moves closer to launching the country’s first all-payer ACO; CMS approves Arizona’s 1115 waiver extension but rejects the State’s proposed work requirement and premiums for those earning below the FPL; and CMS issues...more
On September 19, 2016, the Inspector General (IG) for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the latest in a long line of reports identifying flaws in EPA’s process for ensuring the efficacy of hospital-grade,...more
GAO Alleges that Medicare Is Overpaying Hospitals For Uncompensated Care – A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that Medicare’s uncompensated care payments to hospitals are not well aligned...more
If there’s one thing that unites the hospital industry—even the fiercest competitors—it’s hatred of audits by recovery audit contractors, or RACs. Why? For one thing, because RACs operate on a contingency fee basis. They...more
On April 13, 2016, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released another report once again recommending that Congress equalize payment rates for Medicare services across practice settings (e.g., hospital outpatient...more
Rhode Island's Medicaid reforms will save the State $75 million this year; HHS finds that Medicaid expansion improves behavioral healthcare; and California's Marketplace may exclude poor performing hospitals from its QHP...more
On February 25, 2016, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing the findings of a review of information on the implementation of patient safety practices in hospitals, focusing on hand hygiene and...more
FDA lacks the appropriate data to effectively conduct postmarket surveillance and safety tracking activities, according to two reports released earlier this month. First, Senator Patty Murray’s Health, Education, Labor, and...more
This Week: The House is not in session this week... The Senate returns today... Committees in the Senate will hold hearings on co-ops and mental health... Vice President Biden will attend the World Economic Forum in...more
On December 18, 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report analyzing the increase in hospital/physician consolidation and a related increase in Medicare hospital outpatient spending. Finding that...more
Yesterday the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requested that Congress order Health & Human Services to equalize Medicare payments for the same services, whether provided in a physician office or in a hospital...more