Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - July 2022

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 7/21/2022

The 21st century American reality is if you get sick, really sick,you're in for a money nightmare on top of the emotional and physical toll of serious disease. Medical costs keep skyrocketing with no sign of easing....more

Biden-Harris Administration Issues Part I of Surprise Billing Rule

Morgan Lewis on 7/21/2021

The US Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I on July 1. ...more

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - March 2021

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 3/11/2021

IN THIS ISSUE - As patients struggle with unreal prices, health reformers zero in on hospitals - Smart ways to negotiate a bill down - With public outcry rising on health costs, governments and employers are...more

Costs of COVID-19 Vaccines: What We Do and Don’t Yet Know

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 1/8/2021

The roll-out of vaccine approvals has led to some confusion over what charges consumers might be asked to cover. This echoes the confusion previously discussed with respect to COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody test pricing....more

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - October 2020

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/7/2020

Americans have struggled through multiple presidential terms with concerns that the rest of the industrialized world has already fixed: Is health care a right or a privilege? Must medical services come with crushing costs for...more

[Webinar] COVID-19: The Road Ahead for Commercial Health Insurance - April 23rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/10/2020

Examine the Evolving Challenges That Lie Ahead for Healthcare Stakeholders and State Regulators—and What You Can Do Now to Prepare and Protect Your Organization—at a New Manatt Webinar. Effective health insurance...more

Bipartisan Rx for America’s Healthcare: A Practical Path to Reform

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/9/2020

Tom Daschle, Cochair, Former Senate Majority Leader, Co-Founder, Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) - Andy Slavitt, Cochair, Senior Advisor, BPC, Former Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - ...more

Colorado Hospitals and the Proposed Public Option: A Looming Challenge

Polsinelli on 11/27/2019

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) removed pre-existing condition barriers, defined a broad range of essential health benefits, and improved access to coverage and care for millions of people nationwide. However, the ACA has thus...more

Hospital tries to stick ER nurse with $1 million in debt for her preemie’s care

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 11/11/2019

It’s the price and cost problem, stupid. That’s a fictitious but new tattoo that voters might want politicians to take up as they consider the many major problems with the American health care system, especially as yet more...more

Health insurance? It’s now about the price of a new car each year.

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 10/4/2019

Millions of Americans may sigh at Bertha, Barney, or Betty, or whatever they’ve nicknamed the beat-up family vehicle parked out front: “Wouldn’t it be great, if only we could afford a nicer, newer model?”...more

Waste, fraud, and abuse? For health insurers, fat profits matter more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 7/26/2019

What happens when a whistle blower provides detailed information about a burly Texan — with convictions for felony theft and felony injury of a child — and a burgeoning scam to rip off health insurers for $25 million? Pretty...more

New Tool to Contain Employer Healthcare Costs

Jackson Walker on 7/12/2019

Healthcare coverage became an employer-offered benefit during World War II as the result of the federal government’s wage and price controls. Since that time, Medicare has become an important part of how healthcare is...more

Executive Order Seeks to Improve Consumer-Driven Healthcare

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/26/2019

On June 24, 2019, the President issued his Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First. The Executive Order directs regulators to take action to improve healthcare...more

Congress and White House find a bipartisan target in medical bills and prices

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 5/30/2019

Doctors, hospitals, health insurers, and Big Pharma have become so abusive to patients with their billing and pricing that they may have accomplished what many consider a political impossibility ? angering Democrats and...more

Cost of medical billing soars to half a trillion dollars—and half may be wasted

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 4/17/2019

When patients battle with the desperate extremes of a disease like a fast-spreading cancer, it isn’t just the radiation and chemo therapies that sap their spirits, there’s a demoralizing runner-up concern: The constant...more

ML Strategies Health Care Preview - April 2019

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/8/2019

This week, Congress is keeping its eye on drug pricing with a reported hearing in the House Ways & Means Committee. This comes on the heels of the full E&C Committee advancing six pieces of bipartisan legislation for full...more

The Risk Corridor is Closed: Insurers Seek Recourse in the Federal Circuit

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/13/2018

On July 30, 2018, two insurers – Moda Health Plan, Inc. (“Moda”) and Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company – petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider the Court’s June 14, 2018...more

Direct Contracting 101: Collaborations Between Employers and Health Care Providers

Jones Day on 5/17/2018

As employers continue to encounter escalating health care costs, many are exploring the "direct contracting" option, which allows for direct service and pricing negotiations with health care providers. While the direct...more

Will the dismantlement of Obamacare affect healthcare restructuring?

Epiq on 4/19/2018

Bankruptcy filings among hospitals and medical centers more than tripled in 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. While there are many factors contributing to this financial volatility, the political battle over The...more

House, Senate Proposals to Extend Funding for the Federal Government

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/9/2018

Congress moved one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown on Feb. 6, voting overwhelmingly (245-182) to pass a short-term, GOP-backed government funding bill (text; section-by-section) that would keep the federal...more

2018 Budget Deal Delays Several Affordable Care Act Taxes and Fees

Burr & Forman on 1/30/2018

On January 22, 2018, President Trump signed into law H.R. 195 (hereinafter referred to as the “2018 Budget Deal”) which ended the federal government shutdown and funds the federal government through February 8, 2018. In...more

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/17/2018

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

President Trump Once Again Attempts To Dismantle The Affordable Care Act

Fisher Phillips on 12/1/2017

After multiple failed attempts by Congress to reform the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump announced several weeks ago that the federal government would stop making subsidy payments to insurers who sell coverage...more

Why Isn’t My “Free” Preventive Health Care Free?

Snell & Wilmer on 6/23/2017

In my opinion, one of the best changes made by the Affordable Care Act is the mandate that requires health plans to provide certain specified preventive services without imposing any cost sharing. This is sometimes referred...more

“May You Live in Interesting Times” – Some Healthcare Predictions for the Trump Administration’s First Year

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/10/2016

The ancient Chinese curse – “May you live in interesting times” – certainly springs to mind these days. What does the election of Donald Trump mean for the healthcare industry, the Affordable Care Act and current healthcare...more

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