Policy and Legislation
AARP says "Part D bailout" would be a windfall for big pharma; PhRMA counters that proposed changes would undermine Part D's structure.
In two separate moves on one day, ACO stakeholders ask CMS to keep upside-only risk model, while 29 others from Next Gen ACO Coalition want to make risk more predictable.
Affected supplies include consumables, pacemakers, computers and MRI machines.
Largest sum went to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to focus on increasing access to medication-assisted treatment.
It has funds for behavioral and mental health providers, for potential EHR incentives and for hospitals to better care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Agency has issued blankets waivers to unburden providers, opened special enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries to get, change coverage.
That result surprised researchers, since the ACA's Medicaid expansion has increased access to surgical care overall.
Americans are dissatisfied with how both parties in Congress are handling the issue, with Democrats and Republicans faring almost equally poorly.
Agency says navigators are required to give consumers information on association and short-term insurance, as well as ACA qualified health plans.
AHA joins other 340B stakeholders in asking the court to declare the delay unlawful and to enact the regulation.