Legislative Update – Medicare Report

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

January 8, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

In late December, after several days of closed-door negotiations, congress passed a legislative package containing a mixture of Medicare policy

January 7, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Jan. 6 signed a bill into law that

January 5, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they

January 4, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) A measure to end surprise medical bills for emergency and scheduled care was

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Most Americans tell pollsters they’re worried about being able to afford an unexpected

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Twenty-seven senators are urging Senate leaders to include a measure to ban surprise

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A nonprofit group that helps the IRS set the standards for health benefits

(By Matthew S. Schwartz for NPR) Ahead of an expected surge in U.S. demand for prescription drugs, the Canadian government

(By Harris Meyer for Kaiser Health News) Health insurance companies will have to give their customers estimated out-of-pocket costs for

(By Anastassia Gliadkovskaya for Kaiser Health News) NEW YORK — Mike Angevine lives in constant pain. For a decade the