This session will discuss the latest healthcare regulatory and legislative issues moving through Congress, Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the potential impacts of the November mid-term elections. Topics discussed include:

• Where are we at with the Affordable Care Act as we prepare for the year ahead?
• What ACA legislative and regulatory changes to expect; where we are regarding potential repeal-and-replace legislation?
• An update on CMS Medicare payment regulations for FY2018 for providers, including inpatient/outpatient hospitals, LTCHs, ICFs, SNFs, inpatient psychiatric, home health, hospice, physicians, ASCs, and dialysis
• Other CMS regulatory relief efforts, including modifications and delays to CMS demonstration programs
• Medicaid payment reforms, and waiver efforts in the states
• CHIP re-authorization, along with potential Medicare extender provisions that expire at the end of the year
• Update on drug pricing efforts, including potential modifications to Medicare Part B drug payments