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Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 No Surprises Act, Surprised Medical Billing

How has the federal process for surprise medical billing disputes performed?

(By Krutika Amin, Rakesh Singh, Kaye Pestaina, and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation published November 2, 2023) In

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 CMS, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Value-based care models

Value-based care growth stagnant in 2022

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Value-based care models did not grow from 2021 to 2022, though more dollars

Aging CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicaid Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, Medicare Savings Programs, Older Adults

What Does the Medicaid Eligibility Rule Mean for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries and the Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs)?

(By Alice Burns for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 01, 2023) On September 21, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 ACA, Healthcare Costs, Open Enrollment

Start Shopping: Enrollment Begins Nov. 1 for Most Obamacare Insurance Plans

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) For millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Mental Health/Behavioral Health Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Healthcare Costs, legislative update, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM Industry

Senate committee plans Nov. 8 vote on wide-ranging health care package

By John Wilkerson and Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee plans to vote Nov. 8 on

Direct Primary/Concierge Care Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Health Care Redesign, Healthcare Costs, Primary Care, Small Employers

Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, High-deductible health plan

High-deductible health plan growth stalls

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The proportion of people with employer-sponsored insurance enrolled in high-deductible health plans is

Disabled Health Care - General Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Disabled, Long-term Care, Medicaid, Medicaid HCBS program, Medicaid Managed Care, Older Adults

In Response to Home-Care Workforce Shortages, Most States Report Increasing Medicaid’s Payment Rates and Expanding Worker Opportunities

(By Alice Burns, Maiss Mohamed, and Molly O’Malley Watts for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 24, 2023) Long-standing workforce

CMS DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 CMS, DHS-OIG, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Overpayments

4 recent Medicare Advantage overpayment cases

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Cigna Group will pay over $170 million to settle allegations of Medicare

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance M4A and Public Option Plans

Eileen Cook October 23, 2023 Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, universal basic health care coverage.

Fixing America’s health insurance woes is ‘actually very simple,’ says leading economist

(By Annalisa Merelli for STAT) Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution