Congress Delays Medicaid DSH Cuts, Makes Targeted Medicaid Policy Changes

The Big Picture - In late December, following several weeks of dynamic negotiations, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Act).1 The massive legislative package includes appropriations through September 30, 2021, $900 billion in supplemental appropriations to address COVID-19, a ban on surprise billing, extensions of expiring health programs and an amalgam of odds-and-ends health policy provisions....
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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