The spending bill funds four federal agencies until Jan. 19 and the rest until Feb. 2, according to the report. The stopgap bill gives Congress more time to negotiate long-term spending bills. A previous stopgap funding bill was set to expire Nov. 17 without the passage of new legislation.
Here is what the bill means for healthcare:
- Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals cuts are delayed through Jan. 19.
- It extends authorizations for health centers, the National Health Service Corps and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education until Jan. 19.
- It delays cuts to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule that were set to take effect Jan. 1.
- It extends the physician payment work Geographic Practice Cost Indices floor for 2024.
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