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The New Year Brings New Protection Against Surprise Medical Bills: What Consumers Need to Know

Center for Health Insurance Reform

As we enter 2022, consumers are now protected from many of the worst surprise medical bills. The No Surprises Act, enacted with bipartisan support, took effect on January 1.

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The Beginning of a Bad TRIP – Alabama’s Embryonic Personhood Decision and Targeted Restrictions on IVF Provision

Bill of Health

TRAP laws’ new sibling – targeted restrictions on IVF Provision – or TRIP laws, as I call them, stand to rob patients of their ability to build their families by compelling physicians to provide less effective, more expensive care. Anti-abortion groups like Americans United for Life are transparent that this is their goal.

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.

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Editorial: Will Amazon Clinic Put Patient Privacy at Risk?

HIPAA Journal

Amazon has launched a new service that connects patients with doctors – Amazon Clinic. This should come as no surprise given Amazon’s recent acquisitions and the company’s stated ambitions healthcare market. Acquisitions of PillPack and One Medical Cement Move into Healthcare.

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NATIONAL 4 largest healthcare data breaches of 2023 Anesthesia practices sue CMS over reimbursement method Antitrust enforcements hit a high in 2022, with health deals impacted ASCs face leadership exodus CMS floats appeals process over observational stays CMS proposes additional Medicare appeals processes FTC eyes healthcare mergers, report shows (..)

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Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M