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Health Policy News March 2023
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 ...
The End of the PHE and the Impact on Vaccine & COVID-19 Testing Costs
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 ...
New Federal Proposed Telehealth Rules will Affect Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
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 ...
Health Policy News February 2023
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, ...
Drug Affordability and Accessibility Report Released by CMS Innovation Center in response to Executive Order 14807- Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans
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
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 ...
Health Policy News January 2023
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 ...
CMS Seeks to Support Communications between Providers and Carriers
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
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 ...
Health Policy News December 2022
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 ...