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The Impact of the Coronavirus on the Provider-Payor Relationship

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As the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, hospitals and other health care providers are finding themselves inundated with patients. Those providers who are in-network with payors have and will likely continue to...more

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Massachusetts Governor Proposes Facility Fee Ban

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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has restarted the discussion on health care cost containment in the Commonwealth with a proposed bill that contains a raft of initiatives. This is the first in a series of blog posts to...more

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Reversal of Fortune: Rhode Island Court Withdraws “Tentative” Decision to Grant Summary Judgment to Health Insurer in Health...

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In what was a surprise result, on April 23, Judge William Smith (Chief Judge of the District of Rhode Island) reversed the “tentative” decision he had announced last November, in Stewart Health v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...more

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News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

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Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

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Big Summary Judgment Win for Hospital Defending $300M Exclusive Dealing Antitrust Suit

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After fending off a motion for judgment on the pleadings in March 2015, a small hospital in Peoria, Illinois lost on summary judgment in its $300 million antitrust suit alleging illegal exclusive dealing and attempted...more

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Insurer Escapes Antitrust Suit, But Hospital Must Continue the Fight

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A large regional health insurer extricated itself from an antitrust suit, leaving the dominant local hospital to square off alone versus an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). The U.S. District Court for the Southern District...more

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BCBSNC Release of Data

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After objecting to the release of hospital reimbursement rates mandated under North Carolina’s Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act of 2013 (NCGS Section 131E-214.5), Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina...more

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Illinois Blues Won’t Let Hospitals Jointly Negotiate Unless They’re Married

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Remember when Hollywood wouldn’t show an unmarried couple in bed together? Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Illinois is taking that approach to contract negotiations. If hospitals want to negotiate jointly with the insurer, they...more

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Just How Much Integration Is Enough: FTC Advisory Opinion Finally Provides Guidance For Competitors Seeking To Collaborate Or...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued its first advisory opinion addressing clinical integration programs since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Without a doubt the advisory opinion is useful for...more

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