Weekly Washington Healthcare Update: October 7, 2013

This Week: House and Senate stalemate on funding measure... OPM finalizes rule on government contribution to health insurance for Congressional staff... CMS interim final rule on hospital uncompensated care

1. Congress

House of Representatives

• House Measure Would Delay ACA Individual Mandate

Senate

• N/A

2. Administration

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• CMS Rule Changes Method for Distributing Uncompensated Care Payments to Hospitals
• CMS Finalizes CED for Some Uses of Imaging Agents in PET Scans
• OPM Issues Final Rule on ACA Coverage for Members of Congress, Staff

3. Regulations Open for Comment

• Basic Health Plan Proposed Rule
• CMS Proposed Rule for Federally Qualified Health Center Payments
• 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

4. Reports

Dept. of Health and Human Services -- Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG)

• The First Level of the Medicare Appeals Process, 2008-2012: Volume, Outcomes and Timeliness

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Use of Limited Benefit Plans to Provide Mental Health Services and Efforts to Coordinate Care

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