fah hospital policy blog

Becker’s Healthcare released its 100 Great Leaders in Healthcare list this week and it includes three people from FAH member companies.

Bill Carpenter, Chairman and CEO of Lifepoint Health, Milton Johnson, Chairman and CEO of HCA, and Marsha Powers, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Tenet Healthcare, were each honored by Becker’s.

This week, FAH and its member companies are joining other health care industry leaders to celebrate hospital week. A time when we express our appreciation for the more than 5,000 community hospitals across our country.

FAH recently submitted a comment letter to CMS on the 2019 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter. FAH urged CMS to use caution when allowing MA organizations (MAOs) greater flexibility regarding cost-sharing and benefit design (e.g., tiered cost-sharing, increased cost-sharing to manage utilization, and new interpretation of the uniformity requirements), as these changes could limit transparency and increase beneficiary costs and confusion.

“We were pleased that Sec. Azar chose our meeting for one of his first major public addresses. It was an opportunity for all of us to hear his agenda first hand. We are excited for the opportunity to partner with HHS as the Secretary’s agenda develops, which is so important to all Americans.”