The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule (82 Fed. Reg. 35270, 7/28/17) that includes significant cuts to calendar year 2018 payment rates and the wage index for home health agencies serving Medicare beneficiaries, as …

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The Urban Communication Foundation invites proposals for a $10,000 grant to fund research, and the development of a white paper, on “an examination of urban communication freedom, regulation, and relevant government intervention and policy.”  This year, the UCF is particularly …

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The State of Ohio Medicaid Expansion remains intact.  On 6/30/17, Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) line-item vetoed numerous items in Amended Substitute House Bill 49, the 2018-19 state operating budget.  Item 16 was the “health care compact” provision that would …

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The state of Ohio has filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, asking the full court to rehear its challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Transitional Reinsurance …

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