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

Healthcare Law Blog

The ACA also allows states to prohibit abortion coverage in their qualified health plans, but requires that such plans provide notice to potential enrollees of the exclusion of abortion coverage. The majority of comments received by HHS on the 2018 Proposed Rule (the basis for the 2019 Final Rule) were in opposition.

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The 3 A’s That Millennials Want From Healthcare: Affordability, Accessibility, Availability

Health Populi

Far and away the top reason for not obtaining health insurance in 2018 was that it was simply too expensive, cited by 60% of Millennials. We saw evidence that the 2018 mid-terms were, for many voters, the “health care elections,” Families USA characterized based on the demographics and issues driving turnout.

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Texas OIG Inspectors Discover Errors in Reported Nursing Home Staff Hours

Med-Net Compliance

Issue: In 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of nursing facility staffing levels for 2018. The report revealed staffing levels varied considerably from day to day, which raised concerns some facilities may not fully meet the needs of their residents.

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Fifth Circuit Upholds ACA Risk Adjustment Program

Healthcare Law Blog

Various smaller health insurance issuers have challenged the risk-adjustment program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alleging, among other things, that its underlying methodology favors larger insurers. And for the 2018 benefit year, HHS promulgated a new rule in December 2018. 3d 1164, 1211 (D.N.M.

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Finances Are the Top Cause of Stress, and HSAs Aren’t Helping Much

Health Populi

It’s no shock, then, to find that 59% of employees said they consistently carried balances on their credit cards in 2019, a huge jump from 49% who did so in 2018. in December 2018 to 6.2% Nonetheless, Americans’ credit card balances are growing and savings rates stagnant, at best. Louis Federal Reserve.

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Tweets at Lunch with Paul Krugman – Health IT Meets Economics

Health Populi

I greatly appreciated the opportunity today to attend a luncheon at the HX360 meeting which convened as part of the 2018 HIMSS Conference. Remember this: “Older people do two things: they get expensive #healthcare conditions and they vote” cautions @PaulKrugman @HIMSS #HX360 #HIMSS18 #Healtheconomics #HealthPolicy #healthcosts.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

Kaiser Health News

The penalties — a 1% reduction in Medicare payments over 12 months — are based on the experiences of Medicare patients discharged from the hospital between July 2018 and the end of 2019, before the pandemic began in earnest. ” KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues.

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