Medicare Panel May Suggest Expanded Use of Telehealth By Mindy Yochelson | September 8, 2017 6:23PM ET • Despite growth spurt, use remains low • Advocate says increases in telehealth use will correspond to decreases in pricier in-person services (BNA) — Congress’s Medicare advisers are considering a bigger role for telehealth services, although there’s concern it might… Read more »
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Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, September 12 Senate HELP Committee, “Stabilizing Premiums and Helping Individuals in the Individual Insurance Market for 2018: Health Care Stakeholders.” Senate Finance Committee, “Health Care: Issues Impacting Cost and Coverage.” Wednesday, September 13 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Modernizing FDA’s Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs.” Thursday, September… Read more »
ACA & Market Stabilization Update – September 6, 2017
Top Takeaways from this week – (1) The Senate HELP Committee held two hearings to discuss market stabilization with state insurance commissioners and governors; (2) the Senate Finance Committee has also announced a hearing on health care costs and coverage; and (3) the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that budget reconciliation instructions to repeal the ACA will… Read more »
Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – September 5, 2017
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Wednesday, September 6 Senate HELP Committee, “Stabilizing Premiums and Helping Individuals in the Individual Insurance Market for 2018: State Insurance Commissioners.” Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, “The History and Current Reality of the U.S. Health Care System.” Wednesday, September 6 – Thursday, September 7 Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor,… Read more »
ACA & Market Stabilization Update – August 31, 2017
Top Takeaways from Recess – (1) The Senate HELP Committee has scheduled a series of hearings over the next two weeks to discuss market stabilization policies, (2) Governors Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Kasich (R-OH) sent a bipartisan letter to Congressional leadership outlining their priorities for market stabilization, and (3) the Administration announced it would cut spending… Read more »
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