On April 26, 2023, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held an oversight hearing on the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and health care workforce shortage. Members queried Administrator Carol Johnson of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) around the PRF and how the President’s FY 2024 Budget would impact the health care workforce shortage.
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On April 13, 2024, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to discuss and vote on recommendations for their June 2023 report. Aligning payments across ambulatory care settings is controversial but has been a focus of the Commission for more than 10 years.
On April 10, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their proposed inpatient hospital payment rule for FY 2024. While most hospital payment changes in the rule were minimal (MS-DRGs, wage index, new-technology add-on payments, etc.). CMS is proposing numerous changes to hospital quality programs under Medicare.
