This Week: HHS finds docs still willing to take new Medicare patients--- New IRS website tracks ACA tax provisions--- CMS begins health exchange "operational readiness reviews"
***No Weekly Washington Health Care Update Next Week (Labor Day)***
1. Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
2. Administration
Health and Human Services (HHS)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
3. State Activities
- Kentucky, Connecticut Exchanges Undergo "Operational Readiness Review"
- Utah Medicaid Expansion Decision Delayed Until 2014
4. Regulations Open for Comment
- IRS Proposed Rule -- ACA Small Business Tax Credit
- Proposed Rule on Exchange Coverage for Members of Congress, Staff
- Proposed Rule, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
- IRS Proposed Rule For Tax Credits Issued on Exchanges
- CMS Proposed Dialysis Payment Rule
- Proposed Rule on Home Health Payments
5. Reports
Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG)
- No Anti-Kickback Sanctions for Proposed Ambulance Service Arrangements
- Advisory Opinion on Patient Discharge Care Program
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