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Medicare

WHA advocates for our members on initiatives and reforms related to Medicare payment.

WHA Contact

Molly Wiegel
Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Operating Officer
608-274-1820
EMAIL: Molly Wiegel

Proposed and Final Rules/Summaries

Key Resources

09.08.2023 WHA Comment Letter - 340B Remedy

05.18.2023 WHA Letter re: Concerns with 340B, Site-Neutral Proposals

04.13.2023 WHA Letter to CMS re: Medicare Advantage Program 2024

03.13.2023 WHA Comment Letter on MS 0057-P

12.08.2022 Issue Paper: Hospitals Face Challenging Fiscal Outlook

09.28.2022 Issue Paper: Protect Rural & Value-Based Care Models

09.28.2022 Coalition Letter to Cong. Delegation re: ARCH and Rural Hospital Support Act

09.15.2022 WHA Letter to CMS re: 340B Cuts

06.17.2022 Comment Letter: FY 2023 Inpatient Rule

04.27.2022 Issue Paper: Hospitals Facing Mounting Fiscal Pressures

03.21.2022 Letter to Congress Re: Hospital at Home Program

06.30.2021 Letter to CMS: Proposed 2022 IPPS

03.09.2020 Letter to CMS re: 340B Hospital Acquisition Cost Survey

01.08.2020 Letter to CMS: CMS–1720–P Proposed Rule—Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations

Newsletter Articles and Press Releases

11.26.2024 CMS Issues Final Outpatient Rule with new COPs for Obstetrical Services and Slightly Enhanced Paymen

11.07.2024 CMS Issues Final Outpatient Rule with new COPs for Obstetrical Services and Slightly Enhanced Paymen

10.08.2024 Federal Audit Finds Three Insurers Overcharged the Medicare Program

10.03.2024 Federal Audit Finds Three Insurers Overcharged the Medicare Program

08.08.2024 CMS Issues Final 2025 Inpatient Rule

03.07.2024 Congress Poised to Offset Medicare Physician Payment Cuts, Extend MDH and LVH Programs through end o

11.16.2023 Lawsuit Filed Against UnitedHealth Group, Subsidiary for Use of AI to Deny Care

11.16.2023 Regulatory Burden Impedes Efforts to Improve Patient Outcomes

08.31.2023 U.S. OIG Reveals Strategic Plan for Oversight of Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care

05.25.2023 As Hospitals Face Continued Financial Challenges, New Report Highlights Difficulties in Receiving Pa

05.11.2023 MGMA Survey Highlights Prior Authorization Challenges

04.13.2023 CMS Finalizes Rule to Limit Restrictive Medicare Advantage Plan Processes

03.30.2023 New AHA Report Highlights Value of Hospital Outpatient Departments and Danger of "Site-Neutral" Paym

09.22.2022 CMS Issues Final Inpatient Rule, New Health Equity Standards Effective Jan. 1, 2023

09.15.2022 WHA-Supported Bill to Improve Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Clears U.S. House of Representa

07.28.2022 WHA-Supported Bill to Improve Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Clears House Committee

03.21.2022 2022WHA-Fed-Hospital-At-Home-Support3-21

03.10.2022 WHA Urges CMS to Improve Prior Authorization and Other Insurer Issues in Proposed Medicare Advantage

03.08.2022 2022WHAComment-CMS4192-3-4

01.13.2022 Senate Committee Hears Hospital-at-Home Legislation

12.09.2021 House Passes Legislation to Avert Hospital Medicare Cuts

11.18.2021 WHA Letter re: Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

11.18.2021 WHA Resource Spotlight: WHA Member Portal Finance Reports

11.18.2021 WHA Urges Wis. Congressional Delegation to Support Legislation Streamlining Medicare Advantage Prior

08.05.2021 CMS Issues Final 2022 Inpatient Rule

07.29.2021 WI Health Care Coalition - PROTECT 340B

07.22.2021 Proposed 2022 CMS Outpatient Rule Includes Higher Fines for Price Transparency Rule Violations

07.15.2021 CMS Releases Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

07.01.2021 U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear AHA Site-Neutral Case

07.01.2021 WHA Submits IPPS 2022 Comment Letter

06.30.2021 2021WHA-IPPS2022CommentLetter6-28

05.06.2021 New CMS Medicare Certification will Further Enhance WHA Information Center Data and Analytics

04.15.2021 New Study Shows Site Neutral Policies May Adversely Affect Access to Care

03.25.2021 Congress Averts 2% Sequester Cuts, Fixes Rural Health Clinic Glitch

01.28.2021 CMS Releases Hospital Survey Priorities

12.10.2020 CMS Releases Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule for Calendar Year 2021

10.08.2020 WHA Urges CMS to Revise Proposed CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Rule

10.01.2020 Bill to Avert Government Shutdown Extends Important Health Care Programs

07.23.2020 Appeals Court Sides with Federal Government on Site-Neutral Payment Cuts

06.25.2020 CELEBRATING 100 Years: 1965 – Medicare and Medicaid

Other Resources

AHA Medicare information

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