Editor's Note: Montana's 2016 expansion of Medicaid provides an important opportunity to strengthen the state's substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment system. In a new report for the Montana Healthcare...more
The State of Montana is grappling with a serious and growing public health problem in substance use disorders (SUDs)—including alcoholism, methamphetamine use and opioid abuse and overdose—as well as the related, profound...more
The House currently is considering the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among other things, the bill will phase out enhanced federal funding for the expansion of...more
The Future of Essential Health Benefits -
Editor's Note: The Essential Health Benefits (EHB) rule may be among the many parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are on the chopping block as the Trump Administration and...more
3/24/2017
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Antitrust Immunity ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Essential Health Benefits ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Insurer Liability ,
Medicaid ,
Premiums ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration
Balancing Gene Therapy’s Promise and Price -
Editor’s Note: Exciting advances in science have led to developing treatment breakthroughs, such as gene scripting therapies, that could represent the first potential cures...more
12/20/2016
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Final Rules ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospice ,
MCOs ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
Safe Harbors ,
Telehealth
Estimated State Budget Impact of an Oklahoma SoonerCare Expansion -
In 2012, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was optional. That is, each...more