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Health Policy Outlook for 2024

WEBHealth Policy Outlook for 2024. As we enter 2024, we welcome the start of a presidential and congressional election year and look ahead to the major health policy topics on the agenda for 2024. There are many factors affecting health policy this year—funding the federal government, a closely divided congress, a new speaker of the …

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CMS Releases Final Rule: Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care …

WEBOn April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality final rule. CMS finalized several substantial updates to the Managed Care Rule with implications for state directed payments (SDPs), payment transparency, …

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Healthcare Provisions …

WEBAfter almost a year of negotiations among congressional Democrats and the White House, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. It passed in the US Senate by a vote of 50–50, with the vice president breaking the tie, on August 7, 2022.

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Landmark Executive Order on AI: What Does It Mean for Healthcare

WEBOn October 30, 2023, the White House released a long-awaited Executive Order (EO) on the “ Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence .”. The EO acknowledges the transformative potential of AI while highlighting many known risks of AI tools and systems. It directs a broad range of actions around new

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Healthcare Extenders in an Election Year (March 2024 Update)

WEBMany healthcare programs are extended for specific time periods, as short as one or two years or as long as 10, and are usually renewed through the annual appropriations bills. On March 8, 2024, Congress passed the first of two appropriations bills along with a small healthcare package that extended certain programs through the end …

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Health Policy 2021: How a Democratic Win Could Change the …

WEBEconomic and public health recovery will be ongoing in January 2021, and may continue to limit or otherwise shape major policy progress. Immediate needs, such as telehealth flexibilities and the pandemic’s financial consequences for healthcare providers, will take priority in the near term.

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President’s FY 2024 Budget: HHS Highlights

WEBOn March 9, 2023, President Biden released his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget that includes $6.9 trillion in mandatory and discretionary spending. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget proposes $1.7 trillion in mandatory funding and $143 billion in discretionary budget authority, an 11.5% increase …

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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform: What’s on the Horizon

WEBThe price of prescription drugs has brought scrutiny to the entire drug supply chain. Congress and other policymakers continue to seek opportunities to lower costs for patients and the federal government.

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Looking Forward: Top Policy Areas for 2024

WEBProviders will have until March 14, 2024, to initiate disputes that became eligible for the IDR process since the IDR portal initially closed on August 3, 2023. The deadline originally was in January but was extended to March after provider groups advocated for additional time and the Departments granted the extension.

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HEALTHCARE EXTENDERS TRACKER (JANUARY 2024 UPDATE)

WEBHealthcare Extenders Tracker : January 2024 Update. mcdermottplus.com . 1 +Insight . HEALTHCARE EXTENDERS TRACKER (JANUARY 2024 UPDATE) Summary Many healthcare programs are extended for specific time periods, as short as one or two years or as long as 10, and are usually renewed through the annual appropriations bills.

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CMS Releases Proposed Rule: Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care …

WEBOn May 3, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed rule, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality. The proposed rule would make transparency-related updates to state directed payments (SDPs). It would also require states to submit an annual payment …

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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: Health Provisions

WEBThe Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2023, funds US government operations for fiscal year (FY) 2023, providing roughly $1.7 trillion in spending: $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary spending and $858 billion in defense spending. It also includes policies that extend beyond appropriations in many different areas. Many healthcare …

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Emergency Declarations and Waiver Authority

WEBThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued more than 100 waivers giving healthcare providers the flexibility to meet the demands presented by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These waiver flexibilities are temporary, however. The authority to grant public health emergency-based waivers under §1135 of the Social Security Act is …

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2023 HEALTH POLICY OUTLOOK

WEBCongress has acted to extend some telehealth flexibilities beyond the PHE end date (most recently through December 31, 2024, in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023).

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President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget: What You Need to Know

WEBOn May 28, 2021, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget.This document builds upon the “skinny budget” released on April 9, 2021, and includes $6 trillion in mandatory and discretionary spending. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget proposes $131.8 billion in discretionary budget …

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SAMHSA Issues Final Reg Aligning 42 CFR Part 2 With HIPAA

WEBFebruary 15, 2024 – Last week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final reg that aims to better align 42 CFR Part 2. This esoteric, but extremely important, reg governs the confidentiality of patient records for the treatment

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