The Policy page of KHA's website, www.kyha.com, has a new look. Visit www.kyha.com/policy for the KHA legislative priorities, latest one pagers on policy, legislation, issues and more.
Members can also click a link from the page to view comments KHA has submitted to government agencies.
On September 8, KHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2018. The Association has significant concerns with this proposal's reductions in payment for 340B hospitals as well as changes to remove total knee replacement from the inpatient only list, which is unsafe and will negatively impact hospitals participating in the CMS Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) and the Bundled Payment for Care Improvements (BPCI) programs.
A copy of KHA's comments are available on the Policy page (members only) of www.kyha.com.
If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Galvagni at KHA (ngalvagni@kyha.com).