Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Overview Digital health services have exploded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and behavioral health services have seen large increases in utilization. ix] FOOTNOTES [i] “Telehealth has Played an Outsized Role Meeting Mental Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Kaiser Family Foundation (March 15, 2022). [ii]

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

103, which declared a Public Health Emergency for the state in response to COVID-19. 1846(a), the Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services published a notice of readoption of New Jersey Care … Special Medicaid Programs Manual. 10:69, AFDC-Related Medicaid, or 10:71, Medicaid Only.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicare Extension & Adjustments. The Act provides for nearly $1.7 Extension of Key Programs.

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Kaiser Health News

AUGUST 12, 2022

First, it would give the federal government the ability to negotiate prices of some drugs purchased by Medicare beneficiaries, a tool that has long been opposed by the drug industry. Department of Health and Human Services to identify Medicare’s 100 most expensive drugs and then pick 10 for price negotiations starting in 2023.

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