CHRISTUS HEALTH SYSTEM

Medicare/Medicaid

Issues related to 340B Drug Pricing Program; rural health, including Low-Volume Hospital and Medicare Dependent Hospital programs; hospital reimbursement, including sequestration; prescription drug pricing; Surprise billing; telehealth; 1115 Medicaid Waiver; health care workforce; maternal health; freestanding ERs (H.R. 1694); implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328); Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments (H.R. 2665 - The Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act); site-neutral payment policies (H.R.3561 - PATIENT Act of 2023; H.R.5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act); S. 2840 - Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act; 340B Drug Pricing Program (H.R. 3290); and The Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act (S.3430).

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations

Children's Hospital GME funding; implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328); FY 24 Appropriations.

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Federal Communications Commission (FCC) · Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)