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CMS Health Care - General Health Care Redesign HHS Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 CMS, Delivering Unified Access to Lifesaving Services Act of 2024, Dual-Eligible, HHS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Senators eye dual-eligible changes: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A bipartisan group of senators is introducing legislation to require states to offer

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

Biden to propose expanding Medicare drug price negotiation in State of the Union

(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s new drug

Elections - Healthcare issues Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update M4A and Public Option Plans

Eileen Cook February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 California, Elections, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare redesign, Single Payer

Single payer still a tough sell in California

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) California legislators are putting a single-payer system back on the table, but it

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Legislative Update Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 CMS, Nursing Home Staff Minimums, Nursing Homes, Older Adults

Why the debate over proposed nursing home staff minimums is particularly unproductive

(By David C. Grabowski and David G. Stevenson for STAT) The Biden administration’s proposed minimum staffing standard is likely the

Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 Legislation, Medicaid, U.S. Senate, Undocumented Individuals

Senators file bill to ban federally-funded health coverage for undocumented individuals

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A group of Republican senators have introduced legislation that would ban the use

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Price Transparency

Eileen Cook January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Allowed Amounts, Billed Charges, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare redesign, Price Transparency

New payer price transparency rules take effect in 2024

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) New requirements for payers under CMS’ Transparency in Coverage rule took effect Jan.

Legislative Update

Eileen Cook December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 Congressional Probe, Pharmacies, Search Warrant

Pharmacies share customer records with police without a warrant: Congressional probe

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) A congressional probe launched after the Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 to overturn

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medical Debt Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 CMS, Drug price Transparency, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Insulin Cost-sharing, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

3 Inflation Reduction Act Medicare changes taking effect in 2024

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The federal government will cap drug copays and premiums for Medicare beneficiaries and

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM, Price Transparency, Site Neutral Policy

House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package

(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday, an end-of-year

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 Drug price Transparency, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage transparency, Medicare Part D, PBM

Medicare bills pass House committee: 3 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 19 pieces of legislation Dec. 7,