Policy and Legislation
Still, a new state-by-state survey from Foley & Lardner suggests there is still plenty of ground to cover in terms of telehealth payment parity, as well as the language used in the laws themselves.
It's the unanticipated consequence of the 2017 cut of the ACA's cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers.
The tax is scheduled to go into effect in 2020.
Buttigieg would combat racial and gender bias in part by redirecting funding to under-resourced communities.
A decrease in private payer rates without an increase in government payment would threaten the air ambulance industry, Moody's says.
Chief among the partnership's goals is higher quality service and better affordability for people in the state purchasing insurance on the exchange.
The HFN team discusses some recent pieces of news from federal and state governments, and speculates on how these developments might fit into a more patient-centric healthcare future.
Week 3 of open enrollment sees 26% fewer signups than in 2017, when there were two additional days to enroll.
CVS Health says it provided funding to help counter the hundreds of millions of dollars the pharmaceutical industry has spent.
The agency also called for research funding to study the safety and effectiveness of non FDA-approved e-cigarettes for tobacco cessation purposes.