Bill of Health

APRIL 13, 2022

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires at the end of this week, with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expected to renew the PHE once more to extend through mid-July. By Cathy Zhang. What States Are Doing Now.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To assess the prevalence of ghost networks, Senate Finance Committee staffers conducted a secret shopper study of 120 mental health provider listings across 12 Medicare Advantage plans. In November 2022, Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What happens to a health care ecosystem when the volume of patients and revenues they generate decline? How would that further impact the micro-economy of health care? A report from Trilliant on the 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy helps to inform our response to that question. In the U.S.,

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COVID-19 Prescription Drug Pricing Health Insurance Health Care Reform 52

Bill of Health

MAY 12, 2023

Fifteen states require insurers to cover some infertility care, though these mandates are riddled with holes: caps on total benefits, lack of express inclusion of IVF, marriage requirements, definitions of infertility that exclude same-sex couples, and other lurking exceptions. Elizabeth Y.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By Elizabeth Weeks The most promising path forward in public health is to continue recognizing federal authority and responsibility in this space. Historically, public health law primacy resides with states via their core, Tenth Amendment reserved police powers to address residents’ health, safety, and welfare.

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Hall Render

MARCH 24, 2023

grant for public health response Hawaii Gov. on temporary labor in 2022 Mass. Mary’s hospital names new president and CEO; starts April 24 HAWAII Maui healthcare workers remain on strike, no clear end Hawaii gets $14.2M hospitals spent $1.5B

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