State Policy - Health Care Compliance Brief

New Georgetown Report and Issue Brief on Outpatient Facility Fee Billing and State Policy Responses

Center for Health Insurance Reform

JULY 20, 2023

In a new report and issue brief supported by West Health, CHIR’s Christine Monahan, Karen Davenport, and Rachel Swindle explore outpatient facility fee billing in the commercial sector, including the impact of these fees on consumers and how states are responding.

State Policy

State Policy Hospitals Health Insurance

New Data Reveal Sparse Protections for Students Who Cannot Pay for Meals at School

Bill of Health

MAY 25, 2022

Murray, professor of law, and the Center for Public Health Law Research, both at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, captures not only what actions a school is prohibited from taking against students who cannot pay, but also how the school can address unpaid charges, and processes to address violations of the meal charge policy by schools.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Public Health State Policy Governance

HIMSSCast: ATA CEO says telehealth future is hybrid, outlines policy priorities and challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2022

Federal and state policy to ensure the flexibilities put in place during the pandemic will become permanent following the public health emergency. Current telehealth policy priorities and challenges. The future of telehealth is a hybrid model with in-person care. What this hybrid will look like and how it may change healthcare.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine COVID-19 State Policy Public Health

For next steps on telehealth, look to the states

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.

COVID-19

COVID-19 State Policy Telemedicine Governance

Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds

Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2022

The study found that the majority of personnel expressed interest in continuing to offer video and audio-only visits beyond the pandemic, but that doing so largely hinged on federal and state policy decisions.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Health Outcomes State Policy Public Health

Registration open for HANYS’ Virtual SWAT

Hanys

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

27 will examine the state of the managed care market and discuss strategies and explore opportunities for improving your position in the future. Register now and explore trends in federal and state policy, the impact of legal challenges on plan behavior and the use of data to strengthen your financial and business strategies.

State Policy

Author Q&A: Hilary Wething on US Paid Sick Leave Policy Impacts

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 16, 2022

HW: I hope to see more research on policy design. States are often heralded as the nation’s “laboratories of democracy.” Assessments of state policy design can help policymakers identify the most effective policy design for policies like paid sick leave, paid family leave, and others. go from here?

COVID-19

COVID-19 Public Health State Policy Doctors

State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 11, 2023

The American Telehealth Association is advocating for fair payment for telehealth, and for licensure flexibility across state lines.

Medicaid

Medicaid Medicaid Medicare Medicare

Millions live in 'contraception deserts' – can telehealth help?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

For instance, Nurx is currently only available in 37 states, although Shannon says there are plans to expand. "Telehealth is regulated by state laws." "Regulatory hurdles have kept us out and we've progressed more slowly," she said.

COVID-19

COVID-19 State Policy Doctors

Securing a Place for Children’s Rights in Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Committee enumerates specific measures that both ensure children receive guidance and support to enable their participation, and create a space for children to be listened to on the matters affecting their everyday lives. Similarly, Principle 6.1

Public Health

Public Health COVID-19 State Policy Compliance

Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Legislative Bill to Expand Physician-Owned Hospitals I Georgia CON Bill Moves Forward I MOB Rent Growth

Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

Strategies include screening for housing insecurity, improving the quality of existing housing stock and advocating for federal and state policies that strengthen and stabilize housing.

Hospitals

Hospitals State Policy Nurses

For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions. As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured.

COVID-19

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Telemedicine Medicaid

Five Reasons A Clinician Should Attend ATA’s Annual Conference

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

At this past year’s conference, I connected with the policy team at the ATA and learned that they often find passionate clinicians and help empower their voices in federal and state policy initiatives.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine State Policy Health Outcomes Governance

Are Embryos Children? The Alabama Supreme Court Says Yes

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Even if the term “child” was ambiguous, the Court finds that it would still be required to adopt a definition including unborn life, citing a state constitutional amendment passed in 2018 making it state policy to “recognize and support” the sanctity and rights of unborn life.

State Policy

State Policy Hospitals

The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This separated spheres of authority vision does not account for the ubiquitous use of federal/state partnerships in achieving national and state policy goals, especially health policy goals.

Public Health

Public Health COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid

States can make a difference in long-term telehealth policies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The National Governors Association released a white paper this week examining state policies around telehealth and outlining key considerations for governors to assess the potential implications of said policies going forward.

US Department of Health and Human Services

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 State Policy

ATA: What's ahead for telehealth policy after the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

"As we know, [President] Biden has said in recent days that the pandemic is over, so it's possible that the technical public health emergency might expire sometime in the very near future," said Megan Herber, director at Faegre Drinker who advises ATA and ATA Action on all things Federal policy.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Public Health

Top Healthcare Policy Developments in 2023; Register for Crowell Health Solutions Webinar

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.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Hospitals

Dealing with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Non-Decision on Standards Compliance Evidence

Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 15, 2024

2004) (pre- Tincher product liability case; “assessment of the dangers of unfair prejudice and confusion of the issues are procedural matters that govern in a federal court notwithstanding a state policy to the contrary”); Kelly v. Blaw-Knox , 360 F.3d 3d 426, 431 n.3 Crown Equipment Co. , 2d 1273, 1278 (3d Cir.

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New Georgetown Report and Issue Brief on Outpatient Facility Fee Billing and State Policy Responses

New Data Reveal Sparse Protections for Students Who Cannot Pay for Meals at School

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HIMSSCast: ATA CEO says telehealth future is hybrid, outlines policy priorities and challenges

For next steps on telehealth, look to the states

Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds

Registration open for HANYS’ Virtual SWAT

Author Q&A: Hilary Wething on US Paid Sick Leave Policy Impacts

State Medicaid programs want to keep telehealth expansions, KFF analysis finds

Millions live in 'contraception deserts' – can telehealth help?

Securing a Place for Children’s Rights in Public Health Emergencies

Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Legislative Bill to Expand Physician-Owned Hospitals I Georgia CON Bill Moves Forward I MOB Rent Growth

For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Five Reasons A Clinician Should Attend ATA’s Annual Conference

Are Embryos Children? The Alabama Supreme Court Says Yes

The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

States can make a difference in long-term telehealth policies

ATA: What's ahead for telehealth policy after the pandemic

Top Healthcare Policy Developments in 2023; Register for Crowell Health Solutions Webinar

Dealing with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Non-Decision on Standards Compliance Evidence

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