David Lee

On Thursday afternoon, the House passed legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), established in the Affordable Care Act.  Under the Act, the Board is authorized to make cuts to the Medicare program if Medicare’s growth exceeds certain baselines. The IPAB has been a major target of many legislators who feel it removes [...]

Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released his version of the House’s fiscal year 2013 budget on Tuesday. The FY 2013 budget proposes significant overhauls of the current Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP programs. Under Chairman Ryan’s Budget, current Medicare beneficiaries will be able to maintain their current service structure while future seniors [...]

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) has officially joined with various interested parties in efforts to reverse the adverse national impact of Section 3141 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This section modified the “rural floor” adjustment for the Medicare reimbursement calculation of the “work component”.  The “rural floor” and all calculations for the “work [...]

Rural Victories Several critical rural Medicare provisions are included in a bill to be voted on by Congress as early as Friday. Many of these provisions were seriously threatened in recent months but, because of your advocacy and persistence, NRHA was successful in making sure a number of these provisions were included in the final [...]