Health Care Policy & Politics in 2025 Webinar
Longtime health policy experts Krista Drobac and Kristen McGovern unravel and explore 2025 developments in Medicare, Medicaid, AI, interoperability, digital health, behavioral health, home-based care, and value-based care. Discussion includes the priorities and plans of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and incoming CMS administrator, Dr. Oz, as well as the impact of congressional budget reconciliation on health care. […]
Alliance for Connected Care Executive Director Chis Adamec Quoted in Fierce Healthcare on Importance of Medicare Telehealth Services
Chris Adamec, executive director of the Alliance for Connected Care was quoted in Fierce Healthcare on the importance of Medicare telehealth services. Joining with almost 350 other organizations, the Alliance sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging lawmakers to extend expiring Medicare telehealth flexibilities and to restore telehealth access lost by commercially insured patients in […]
Krista Drobac on RPM Programs and Fraud in Health Leaders
Krista Drobac weighed in on inaccuracies found in the OIG report in Health Leaders. Pointing out five inaccuracies and areas of bias, Drobac shared with the publication, “There is no context about fraud in the Medicare program,” she wrote. “In the same year that the entirety of RPM claims were $311 million, the false claims […]
Both Sides of the Aisle Agree – Telemedicine is the Future | The Hill Op-ed
Last Thursday, in the midst of the intense debate about the future of ObamaCare, Congress held yet another hearing extoling the virtues of telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and lamenting the barriers in Medicare that are preventing seniors from accessing these new technologies in the same way as patients in the commercial market. The hearing […]
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – July 20, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: (1) Senate Republicans remain at an impasse regarding their stalled ACA repeal plan, (2) Republicans released an updated repeal-only bill, the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (ORRA), modeled after the 2015 Reconciliation bill, (3) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two sets of projections based on the ORRA and the most […]
Health Policy Update – 4/3
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, April 4 Senate HELP Committee, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Improving Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for Patients, Part II.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, “Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships.” House Veterans Affairs Committee, “An Assessment of Ongoing Concerns at the Veterans Crisis Line.” […]
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ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – March 30, 2017 Top takeaways from the week 1) House Speaker Ryan said he doesn’t want President Trump to work with Democrats on new healthcare legislation; 2) Republicans continued discussions on a way forward on ACA repeal; 3) House Energy & Commerce Chair Walden signaled support for including cost-sharing […]
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ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – March 23, 2017 Top takeaways from the week: 1) The House has delayed the vote on the AHCA; 2) On Monday, House leadership unveiled amendments to the AHCA; 3) The CBO released an updated score incorporating the amendments, finding similar coverage losses and less budgetary savings as compared to […]
Health Policy Update 3-20-17
What’s Ahead: This Week in Health Care Policy Hearings/Markups Monday, March 20 House Rules Committee, “H.R. 372 – Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 1101 – The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017.” Tuesday, March 21 Senate HELP Committee, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Improving Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for Patients Part […]
Healthcare Policy Update 3-06-17
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups Tuesday, March 7 House Veterans Affairs Committee, “Shaping the Future: Consolidating and Improving VA Community Care.” Wednesday, March 8 Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Agencies, “Savings Lives Through Medical Research.” House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, Subcommittees on Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules […]
