This Week: Congress returns from August recess, Michigan lawmakers approve Medicaid expansion, IRS proposes reporting rules for large employers
1. Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
2. Administration
Department of Labor (DOL)
Health and Human Services (HHS)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
3. State Activities
- CMS Approves One-Year Extension of Indiana Medicaid Waiver
- Michigan Lawmakers Approve Medicaid Expansion
- New York to Begin Dual-Eligible Demonstration Program
- Oklahoma Medicaid Waiver Extension Approved
4. Regulations Open for Comment
- IRS Proposed Rule -- ACA Employer Information Reporting Mandates
- IRS Proposed Rule -- Reporting On ACA Minimum Essential Coverage
- 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
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Employer/Individual Mandate Delays Would Save $35 Billion
- Slowdown in Growth of Medicare Spending Still Unexplained
Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG)
- Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors and CMS's Action to Address Improper Payments, Referrals of Potential Fraud, and Performance
- Frequency of Medicare Recertification Surveys for Hospices Is Unimproved
- Inappropriate and Questionable Medicare Billing for Diabetes Test Strips
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