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Health Care Finance Legislative Update Price Transparency

Eileen Cook May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Legislation, Price Transparency

6 limitations with payers’ price transparency data, per Elevance Health researchers

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Payers have been required to post pricing information online for covered items

Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 340B drug discount program, H.R. 3290, Price Transparency

340B reporting mandate approved by House subcommittee, legislation moves forward

(By Ashleigh Hollowell for Becker’s hospital Review ) Legislation proposing transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program was

CMS Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Algorithms Factor, Care Denials, CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare’s Coverage rules

Senators probing largest Medicare Advantage plans over how algorithms factor in care denials

(By Bob Herman and Casey Ross for ST A T) Senators warned the country’s largest Medicare Advantage insurers at a

FDA Health Care Finance Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 11, 2023 Drug-pricing, Legislation, PBM Industry, pharmaceuticals

PBMs, the Brokers Who Control Drug Prices, Finally Get Washington’s Attention

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) For two decades, patients and physicians eagerly awaited a lower-cost version of the

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medical Technology Men’s Health Women’s Health

Eileen Cook May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Breast cancer, Genetic testing, legislative update, Men’s Health, Out-of-pocket costs, Pennsylvania, Women’s Health

Pennsylvania bans out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer screenings, genetic testing

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation May 1 that will require all

Legislative Update Mental Health/Behavioral Health Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Mental Health, STRONG Veterans Act, Veterans

The STRONG Veterans Act

(Source - news.va.gov) Mental health conditions are common in the United States. In 2018, VA reported more than 1.7 million

Homelessness Legislative Update Rural Health Telehealth Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Cleland-Dole Act, Telehealth, Veteran homelessness, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Veterans Rural Healthcare

Provisions of the comprehensive Cleland-Dole Act

(Source - news.va.gov) The Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of

Health Care Redesign Hospice/Home Health Services Legislative Update Medicare - General

Eileen Cook April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Home Care, Legislation, medicare

Federal lawmakers push for more Medicare benefits at home

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A new bipartisan bill in Congress hopes to address Medicare’s looming insolvency

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

Eileen Cook April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

FAQs about the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

(By Juliette Cubanski for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 20, 2023) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), signed

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Healthcare Finance, Insulin, legislative update, Senators

Key senators make a big pivot on bipartisan insulin cost proposal

(By Rachel Cohrs for ST A T) WASHINGTON — Amid a scramble to assemble a health care policy package in