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CMS Releases Final TCET Notice – Implications and Next Steps

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final procedural notice for the new Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) pathway for certain US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)...more

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Another News-Filled Medicare Advantage Regulatory Week

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Although I previously declared January 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Month, this week has also been filled with news about the MA program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rate announcement...more

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - October 2023

S. 2880: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes....more

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Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Pricing Reform

As reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6) on April 22, 2021 after originally being introduced on September 19, 2019, H.R. 3, also known as known as the Elijah E. Cummings Lower...more

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Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Increase Access to Biosimilars in Medicare Plans

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On April 26, Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and Bob Gibbs (R-OH) introduced the Star Rating for Biosimilars Act. The proposed legislation would direct the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to evaluate...more

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State Public Options: State of Play and Potential for Future Action

In recent years, state lawmakers have been considering and/or implementing policies to increase affordability for state consumers in the individual market. Since 2017, nearly a dozen states have considered or passed...more

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President Biden Proposes Massive COVID-19 Rescue Plan: Summary and Outlook

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President Joe Biden has proposed an "American Rescue Plan," which was described as an "emergency legislative package to fund vaccinations, provide immediate, direct relief to families bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis,...more

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On the Ballot 2020: Health Care Policy Outlook - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast

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This Diagnosing Health Care episode dives into the prospects of coverage expansion following the 2020 elections and also examines three major health care policy reform issues that have bipartisan support and could see...more

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

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

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Battle Lines Drawn with Release of Speaker’s Drug Pricing Plan

[co-authors: Sean Feely, Senior Public Policy Specialist and Julie E. Nolan, Senior Policy Advisor] • On September 19, Speaker Pelosi released a drug pricing plan that includes proposals for Medicare direct price...more

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Health Care in the Democratic Presidential Debates

Health care—what to do next, and how to do it—is likely to be a flash point in the first debates of the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination process. All the Democratic candidates support universal coverage, but they...more

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Surprise Medical Billing Gains Momentum in Washington

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Over the last few weeks, President Trump and lawmakers in both the House and Senate have taken several steps to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the latest signs of bipartisan momentum to address the issue this...more

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“A Slice” of the 2019 ILTCI Conference

Drinker Biddle is pleased to present you with this recap—or “a slice” of the 2019 ILTCI Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Year after year, the ILTCI Conference is jam-packed with opportunities to reconnect with and learn from...more

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Politicians disconnect from good sense, even as U.S. health care worries soar

When it comes to something as crucial as health care, let’s keep it simple: Americans deserve better than this …...more

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ML Strategies Health Care Preview - April 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

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Midterms Bring New Focus to Healthcare

Tuesday’s midterm elections showed that healthcare is now a top issue among voters, according to exit polls. In an NBC News poll, healthcare was the top issue for a plurality of voters, ahead of the economy, immigration, and...more

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Midterm Elections Place Healthcare Policy in Spotlight

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Healthcare was a top voter priority in the 2018 midterm elections, with 41 percent of national voters stating that healthcare was their "most important" issue. Accordingly, the Democratic strategy to focus on healthcare...more

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Voters nationwide sent a powerful health care message. Will partisans heed it?

Last week’s election leaves two questions lingering about health care: Will politicians really hear what voters said? And, what help might beleaguered patients now expect from their elected officials?...more

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Really? Trump embraces Europe’s price controls to fight high U.S. drug costs

Days before politicians will face voters who tell pollsters they’re angry and upset about health care issues, President Trump made his first visit to the nation’s giant Health and Human Services Department to roll out a...more

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Will counter-factual claims and Big Pharma cash sway critical midterm votes?

At a time when Americans experience high anxiety and financial insecurity due to medical costs — with more than 20 percent of those with health insurance experiencing trouble paying for necessities, more than a quarter of...more

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With a knee you can see: Yes, Obamacare helps to cut costs and improve care

Federal regulators may be forced to reconsider their plans to curtail a cost-containing experiment that affects some of the most commonly performed surgeries — knee and hip replacement procedures that hundreds of thousands of...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 #4

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share this week’s “Public Policy Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest health care policy news and legislation. Please note that the next...more

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Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

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Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health Care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

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No summer break for partisans’ extreme attacks on health care access

Americans who are poor, middle-class, chronically or mentally ill, disabled, frail, elderly and young — most of us, really — may need to keep our fingers crossed that the relentless attacks on health care access fail again....more

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House, Senate Proposals to Extend Funding for the Federal Government

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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

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