Medicare & Medicaid
Beyond cost, CMS said it adopted the lower payments for hospital outpatient facilities as a method to control unnecessary increases in the volume of services furnished there.
The AHA is calling on CMS to "abandon further illegal cuts for 2020" that CMS says would save Medicare $800 million.
There is no current remedy to the proposed 30 percent payment cut.
The agency is worried the demonstration program could disrupt patient access to care and exacerbate geographic disparities in access to medical care.
America's Health Insurance Plans wants CMS to reissue the guidance on funding waivers through formal rulemaking.
Agency also releases results of Next Generation, the ACO that takes on the most risk for Medicare payments.
Last week's ruling in district court has questioned the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which has stakeholder groups concerned.
Pollsters attribute the dip in part to decreased media attention in the weeks following the election.
Model would reflect the number of conditions and add categories for mental health, substance use disorder, and chronic kidney disease.
There are a number of specific steps outlined in a new report that would drive the uninsured rate back down to an estimated 7.3 percent.