Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

The 6% trend is equal to that of 2018, illustrating a flat scenario, roughly the same trend seen in 2016 at 6.2%. The second graphic, labeled Figure 3, compares national health spending as a share of U.S. Here is the first “good news” line chart, showing declining medical trend from 2007 to next year in 2019.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule , “Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes” (the “Proposed Rule”), that is intended to improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and services.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 29, 2023

It has been 27 years since President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law, but compliance is still proving a challenge for many HIPAA-regulated entities. The 2016-2017 HIPAA audit program identified many areas of noncompliance.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Guns and health care…equivalently stressing out Americans in 2019…and both top ranking issues in U.S. adults (56%) identify the 2020 Presidential election as a significant stressor,” up from 52% in the 2016 election. Medicare, Medicaid). Medicare, Medicaid). “More than half of U.S.

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C&M Health Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

On November 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule , demonstrating long-awaited efforts to streamline the regulatory framework governing the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) managed care programs. Actuarial Soundness. Actuarial Soundness.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Introduction: Defining Interprofessional Consultation In a January 5, 2023, letter to state health officials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) clarified a Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) policy on the coverage and payment of interprofessional consultations (the “Guidance”).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 7, 2018

National health care spending growth slowed in 2017 to the post-recession rate of 3.9%, down from 4.8% Per person, spending on health care grew 3.2% These annual numbers come out of the annual report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, published yesterday in Health Affairs.

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CMS.gov

JANUARY 31, 2019

As Poverty Awareness Month comes to an end this January, it’s a time for us to remember the strong relationship between poverty and health, and to consider the ongoing challenges of poverty among older adults. One in four Medicare beneficiaries has less than $15,000 in total savings, and almost one in 12 has no savings or is in debt. [1]

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 16, 2022

Ariane Buck, a young father in Arizona who sells health insurance, couldn’t make an appointment with his doctor for a dangerous intestinal infection because the office said he had outstanding bills. And they had retiree health insurance through Con Edison. The health system is not affiliated with KHN.).

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The EO comes two months after the president signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which promises to lower the cost of prescription drugs for many Medicare beneficiaries. This is not the first time that the White House will try to leverage CMMI’s testing authority to create models that would lower drug costs in Medicare.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dunleavy proposes extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers ARIZONA Banner Health pays $1.25M penalty over HIPAA failures from 2016 breach Arizona nursing school at risk of losing accreditation St. Luke’s Health System says it will lay off workers in Idaho. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

institute focused on health equity Medical providers at D.C.’s In Boulder, you recycle it. The whole thing. Then Prospect Medical took over.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

But it can also include underpayments from public health plans, as well as the costs of training medical professionals and doing research. Hospitals also claim as community benefits the difference between what it costs to provide a service and what Medicaid pays them, known as the Medicaid shortfall.

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Kaiser Health News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

They also said enhanced personal assistance and outreach helped connect more people to health insurance plans. Some of the largest increases are in Florida, Texas, Georgia and nine other states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. None of those states has expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

If we’re playing a game of “majority rules,” then everyone in America would have the right to affordable health care, according to a new poll from The Commonwealth Fund. The report is aptly titled, Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent Year. The Fund surveyed 2,410 U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

The first chart notes important nuances under the majority support for a national health plan which, in this case, asked whether people favored a plan “sometimes called ‘Medicare for all.'” ” I note that note all national health plan designs would need to be tied to Medicare. from a low of 10.9

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