UAB HEALTH SYSTEM

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Department of Defense, Neurofibromatosis Biomedical research related issues Monitor the following: National Institutes of Health, Chronic Disease related issues National Institutes of Health, and various institutes and bureaus thereof CDC, generally

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Medicare/Medicaid

Hospital at Home Program, Entirety Graduate Medical Education (GME) Medicare Wage Index Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments 340B issues Alabama Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality related issues IDeA program related issues Medicare Reimbursement related issues Monitor the following: Medicaid Provider Hold Harmless Arrangements Medicare Sequestration Low Volume Hospitals and Medicare Dependent Hospitals Pay Go Medicare Cuts The Hospital Inpatient Payment Systems for Accute Care Hospitals and Long Term care Hospital Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Proposed Rule changes CMS Hospital Payment, Provider relief issues Provider and insurer rate negotiation ACA expansion issues

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Budget/Appropriations

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2024, Higher education and training initiatives; Medical research and development; CDC/public health; NIH funding; IDEA program; Organ allocation issues; and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories Hospital and Graduate Medical Education related issues Implementation of Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2023, Higher education and training initiatives; Medical research and development; CDC/public health; NIH funding; IDEA program; Organ allocation issues; and Regional Biocontainment Laboratories