Category: State Activity
Health Policy News September Edition
With late-breaking summer developments at the federal level on Association Health Plans (AHPs) and Short Term Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI), and additional guidance rolling out at the state level, it ...
States Respond to Recent Federal Regulations
States across the country have spent the past few months reviewing and considering two significant rules promulgated at the Federal level over the summer: the final rule on Association Health ...
Health Policy News Announces Fall Webinar Series
This fall, subject matter experts from Health Policy News will host a webinar series on State health policy activity. As states plan for their upcoming legislative sessions, we will explore ...
PCG Health Team Attends National Academy for State Health Policy Conference (#NASHPCONF18)
Members of the PCG Health team spent last week meeting many of our clients and colleagues at the 31st annual National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) conference in Jacksonville, ...
Health Policy News Summer 2018
As in past years, Health Policy News is publishing one summer edition, featuring a new report entitled “Revisiting the Public Option- Medicaid Buy-Ins” with a legislative tracking overview of recent ...
States Are Increasingly Turning to Uniform Prior Authorization Forms
Background Prior authorization is a common tool for utilization management and controlling health care costs. While the approach to the process is similar across payers, each insurance carrier and public ...
Movement on drug cost containment at both the state and federal level
Health Policy News has devoted significant attention to State and Federal efforts to contain drug costs, including recently issuing a report and legislative tracking tool entitled “ Rising Prescription Drug ...
Balance billing – a new report on recent efforts by state
PCG subject matter experts recently completed a survey report entitled “Balance Billing: Report of Recent Efforts to Protect Consumers.” The practice of balance billing is historically commonplace, but increased scrutiny ...
The latest news from D.C.
Following the failure in the Senate to pass various legislative proposals – the Better Care Reconciliation Act (the Senate version of repeal and replace), the straight repeal option, or the “skinny repeal” bill – last week, ...
Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver – Recent developments and the newly-released checklist
In follow-up to its letter to Governors regarding the Section 1332 Waiver opportunity, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Treasury released a Section 1332 ...