Hospitals Mixed On 2025 Exchange Proposals

Two key hospital lobbies say they back CMS’ proposal to require state-based exchanges adopt network adequacy standards that are at least as strict as those used by the federal exchange, including quantitative time and distance standards, but the group representing the country’s essential hospitals worries the policy is still not sufficient to ensure Affordable Care Act enrollees have access to one of their facilities. In their comments on the draft 2025 exchange rule, the American Hospital Association, Federation of American...