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Stakeholder Perspectives and Feedback on Health Equity in the 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters

Center for Health Insurance Reform

In the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asked for feedback on how to promote health equity through ACA marketplace operations and plan certification standards.

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

Jane Sarashon

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage. Another reality is that even for those who have health insurance, the high costs associated with health care in the U.S. impede the right to health and contribute to disparities.

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Two Healthcare Organizations Caught Up in Medicare Fraud Schemes

Compliancy Group

Fraud in healthcare has run rampant in recent years, as evident by two incidents in which healthcare organizations billed insurance companies for things patients never received. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), said. Attorney Philip R.

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

Healthcare Law Blog

On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (the “ Proposed Rule “). Medicaid and Medicare The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33, 111 Stat.

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HHS Proposal for Marketplace Plans Carries a Hefty Dose of Consumer Caution

Kaiser Health News

Although the practice does not appear widespread, it has prompted the Department of Health and Human Services to seek changes to some oversight rules affecting brokers. They would start in 2023.

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Payor-Led Initiatives to Strengthen Mental Health Resources

Healthcare Law Blog

1] In addition to the challenges presented by provider shortages, even when patients are able to locate an available mental health provider, many are hesitant to engage in treatment due to cost uncertainties, which often arise due to limited availability for in-network care and the subsequent need to seek out-of-network care. [2]