The March edition of Health Policy News is dedicated to two potential implications for consumers due to the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) – both related to healthcare costs and access to services. There are two pivotal PHE ...
As the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) nears, much attention has been paid to the implications for Medicaid enrollment as states prepare to restart eligibility redetermination. However, the PHE end will have a much broader impact on ...
In the first edition of 2023, we provide updates on two key Medicaid policy developments from the end of last year. The last days of 2022 included the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (Omnibus Act), which includes ...
Happy Holidays! As is customary for Health Policy News, our December 2022 edition is a retrospective of 2022, with a quick preview of topics and developments the Health Policy News team will be following in 2023. Reflections on 2022 As ...
On January 31, 2020, Secretary Alex Azar of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a nationwide Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For ...
In a continuation of our series examining the end of the COVID-19 federal Public Health Emergency (PHE), we do a deeper dive into federal telehealth flexibilities and policies that will ...
Drug Affordability and Accessibility Report Released by CMS Innovation Center in response to Executive Order 14807- Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans In October of 2022, the Biden Administration released ...
Implications of the End of the Public Health Emergency for the National Telehealth Landscape Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding Public Health Emergency (PHE) in January ...
CMS Seeks to Support Communications between Providers and Carriers In December 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Proposed Rule aimed at improving administrative simplification related ...
Unwinding the Continuous Enrollment Requirement Although the Public Health Emergency (PHE) end has not been formally announced, the administration has taken steps to start the process of unwinding the ...
Draft Marketplace Rules & Guidance for Health Issuers On December 12, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 ...
Predictions for 2023 As is customary for Health Policy News, as the year comes to an end, we are spending time thinking forward about topics and developments the Health Policy ...
On November 17th, the HPN team hosted a webinar as a companion piece to an October 2022 white paper – The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency & the ...
Before our readers head out for what we hope is a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, we are sharing this month’s edition of Health Policy News. We have included an update on ...
