Center for Health Insurance Reform

JULY 20, 2023

Consumers are increasingly being exposed to a new expense when they seek outpatient medical care: hospital facility fees.

State Policy 75

State Policy Hospitals Health Insurance 75

Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

Senators proposed a bill that, if passed, would open the door to more physician-owned hospitals. The bill removes the Affordable Care Act’s ban on creating and expanding physician-owned hospitals. Georgia’s Senate passed a bill that exempts rural hospitals from the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) requirements.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals State Policy Nurses 40

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 26, 2021

"State policy matters. When you put clinically unnecessary barriers to care [into place] through state policy … they can be a big deal," noted Quinn Shean, managing director at Tusk Ventures/Tusk Strategies. the flurry of bill volume cannot be understated in telehealth."

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COVID-19 State Policy Telemedicine Governance 207

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The couples contracted to have their remaining embryos kept in a hospital’s cryogenic “nursery”; in other words, to have their remaining embryos frozen. In 2020, a patient at the hospital removed the plaintiffs’ embryos from the freezer without authorization and dropped them, “ killing them ,” according to the decision.

State Policy 231

State Policy Hospitals 231

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Telehealth payments and provider practices are highly regulated on the Federal level, said Quinn Shean, strategic advisor at Tusk Ventures and the state policy advisor for ATA and ATA Action. But even if providers do not serve Medicare populations, "Medicare policy trickles down," added Herber.

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COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Public Health 125

C&M Health Law

DECEMBER 13, 2022

While the EMTALA guidance is currently being challenged in federal court, we expect the Administration to address additional issues related to reproductive health care services, including state policies affecting telehealth and travel restrictions for abortion. Price Transparency .

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COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Hospitals 98

Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 15, 2024

1995), which precluded strict liability allegations in a prescription medical device case : In Cafazzo , the plaintiff unsuccessfully sought to hold a hospital strictly liable as an intermediate seller of an allegedly defective a jaw implant. Central Medical Health Services, Inc. , 2d 521 (Pa. 3d 426, 431 n.3 Crown Equipment Co. ,

Compliance 52

Compliance FDA Governance State Policy 52