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• 12/9/16: Congress Passes Package that Includes WHA-Supported HOPD Mid-Build Fix
• 11/4/16: CMS Releases Final OPPS Rule, Section 603 HOPD Implementation
• 11/4/16: OPPS Final Rule Addresses Meaningful Use & Other Topics
• 10/21/16: CMS Finalizes MACRA Rule
• 10/21/16: Chairman Johnson Letter to CMS on HOPD/OPPS Rule
• 10/14/16: WI Delegation to CMS: Change OPPS Proposed Section 603 Implementation
• 10/14/16: CMS Announces Rural Health Council Solutions Summit
• 9/16/16: WHA Physician Leaders Council Discusses Regulatory Reform, MACRA
• 9/16/16: Hospital Leaders, WHA in DC
• 9/9/16: WHA Submits Comments on OPPS Proposed Rule
• 8/12/16: CMS Final IPPS Rule for 2017 Issued
• 7/8/16: HHS Says Pain Management Questions Will be Removed from HCAHPS Surveys
• 6/17/16: WHA Comments on DSH, Quality Programs Proposed Changes
• 6/10/16: WHA Staff Shares MACRA Overview with Board, Reports on 2016 Goal Progress
• 6/10/16: U.S. House Passes Hospital Package
• 5/27/16: U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Amends Hospital Package
• 5/27/16: WHA Thanks WI Delegation for Signing onto Bipartisan Dear Colleague Letters
• 5/20/16: WHA Prepares for MACRA as Proposed Rule is Released
• 5/20/16: Hospital Package Released in Congress, Includes Targeted HOPD Fix
• 5/20/16: WHA Signs On to Alliance for American Hospitals Letter
• 5/13/16: WHA Submits Comment Letter to CMS on Proposed Part B Drug Model
• 4/29/16: Proposed Regulation on Physician Payments (MACRA) Released
• 4/22/16: MACRA Implementation: Aurora’s Dr. Bailet Testifies Before Congress
• 3/4/16: CMS Issues Network Adequacy Standards, Policy Changes Impacting Hospitals
• 2/12/16: WHA, Hospital Leaders Meet with Speaker Ryan - Discuss need to fix site neutral provision
• 2/12/16: President Releases Proposed Budget Request
• 1/29/16: WHA to Federal Delegation: Fix HOPD Payment Prohibition
• 12/4/15: WHA to Congress: Site Neutral Needs Immediate Fix
• 11/20/15: WHA Continues Push to Amend Site-Neutral Prohibition
• 11/20/15: CMS Finalizes Mandatory Medicare Hip/Knee Bundle Model
• 10/30/15: Ryan Elected Speaker of the House - Budget deal hits hospital Medicare payments
• 10/9/15: Bipartisan Group of House Members Send Letter to CMS on Proposed OPPS Cut
• 10/2/15: Federal Fiscal Deadlines Approach
• 9/4/15: WHA Submits Comments on CMS Proposed Hip/Knee Bundle Model
• 8/28/15: CMS Provides Guidance on Medicare Appeal Redeterminations, Reconsiderations
• 8/14/15: CMS Extends Two Midnight Enforcement Delay
• 8/14/15: President Signs Observation “Notice Act”
• 8/7/15: Medicare Releases PPS Rules, New Bundled Payment Model
• 7/31/15: U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Activity
• 7/31/15: Observation “Notice Act” Moves to President for Signature
• 7/10/15: OPPS Proposed Rule Released, Includes Changes to Two Midnight Policy
• 6/12/15: President's Column: Shutting Down the Medicare Cash Machine
• 6/5/15: Federal: RAC Changes Supported by U.S. Senate Finance Committee
• 5/15/15: WHA Sends Letter to Hill: No Medicare Cuts for TAA
• 4/17/15: It’s Over: Congress Finally Repeals SGR
• 3/27/15: Congress on Verge of Fixing SGR Once and for All
• 3/27/15: President’s Column: SGR: “Better a Diamond with a Flaw than a Pebble (With Another Patch)”
• 3/20/15: SGR Repeal Negotiations: Hospitals and WHA in Washington, D.C.
• 2/6/15: President Obama Proposes Medicare Cuts in FY 2016 Budget
• 1/23/15: WHA Submits GME Comment Letter to Congressional Committee
• 11/21/14: House Ways & Means Release Comprehensive Draft Medicare Hospital Bill
• 11/7/14: CMS Releases the 2015 Final Outpatient 2015 PPS Rule
• 10/10/14: WHN Telemedicine Panel: Medicare Policies a Barrier to Telemedicine Expansion
• 8/29/14: AHA Submits Comments on Proposed OPPS Rule for CY 2015
• 8/29/14: 304B Program Updates: Orphan Drug Ruling, Recertification
• 7/25/14: Registration Open for NGS "All Things Medicare Roadshow"
• 7/11/14: CMS Releases 2015 Outpatient PPS Proposed Rule
• 7/3/14: WHA Continues to Oppose Burdensome Policies in Comments on IPPS Rule
• 6/20/14: Medicare PPS Rule Changes Tracked, Available to WHA Members
• 5/23/14: Wisconsin Medicare Spending 15% Lower than National Average
• 5/2/14: CMS Issues Proposed FY 2015 IPPS, LTCH Rule
• 3/14/14: Hospital Leaders meet with Rep. Ribble at Bellin in Green Bay
• 3/7/14: President Obama releases FY 2015 Budget $407 billion in Medicare reductions 
• 2/21/14: President's Column: D.C. Sausage Factory Revisited
• 2/14/14: Guest Column: Time for Congress to Fix Medicare Hospital Rural floor Payment 'Boondoggle' (Michael Abrams, Steve Brenton, Andrew Davidson & William Pully)
• 2/14/14: Congress Votes to Extend Medicare Sequester...Again
• 2/7/14: WHIAC Launches Medicare "Enough is Enough" Statewide Radio Campaign