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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Jane Sarashon

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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The History of Healthcare Compliance

MedTrainer

Medicare and Medicaid (1960s): The introduction of government-funded healthcare programs brought about increased scrutiny and regulation. Affordable Care Act (2010): The ACA introduced the concept of value-based care, emphasizing quality and patient outcomes over quantity of services.

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HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare

Healthcare Law Blog

Medicaid and Medicare The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33, 111 Stat. The Medicaid and Medicare statutes also contain conscience provisions related to the performance of advanced directives, religious nonmedical healthcare providers and their patients.

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Who Is Responsible For Compliance In Healthcare?

MedTrainer

Law by law, regulations were added, increasing the complexity of maintaining compliance for healthcare organizations.

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‘Free’ Screening? Know Your Rights to Get No-Cost Care

Kaiser Health News

Since late 2010, when this provision of the ACA took effect, many patients have paid nothing when they undergo routine mammograms, get one of more than a dozen vaccines, receive birth control, or are screened for other conditions, including diabetes, colon cancer, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases.

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How Skilled Nursing Facilities Can Navigate New Value-Based Purchasing Rules

HIT Consultant

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 put providers on notice that quality of care measures, like reducing hospital readmissions and improving patient outcomes, would take precedence over fee-for-service models.

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Más de 100 millones de estadounidenses viven acosados por las deudas médicas

Kaiser Health News

La deuda de los pacientes se acumula a pesar de la histórica Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) de 2010. ACA amplió la cobertura de seguro a decenas de millones de estadounidenses. Muchos hospitales prosperaron incluso durante la pandemia. El papel de Washington.

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