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Connecticut Governor Signs Bill Limiting Hospital Billing and Collection Efforts and Revising Connecticut’s Facility Fee Laws

On July 7, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 21-129 entitled “An Act Concerning Hospital Billing and Collection Efforts By Hospitals And Collection Agencies” (“the Act”)....more

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UVA health system will curb decades of hounding patients over medical bills

The University of Virginia health system has decided to end decades of draconian bill collection, giving a reprieve to tens of thousands of patients and their families who faced harsh legal actions to recover crushing medical...more

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Hospital Price Transparency Rule – January 1, 2021 Effective Date

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As if hospitals don’t have enough challenges to deal with in caring for patients with COVID-19 and diverting resources to manage the COVID-19 public health emergency, they also need to make sure they comply with the new...more

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The uncertain future of the price transparency rule in 2021

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The Trump administration’s hospital price transparency rule went into effect on January 1, 2021, after it was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a December 2020 decision....more

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Health Care and Price Transparency: The Latest Summary

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Federal executive agencies recently published two rules, one final and one proposed, aimed at publicizing the various costs associated with health care. A final rule, promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services...more

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CMS Issues New Final Rule on Pricing Transparency

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On November 15, CMS issued the Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standards Charges Public Final Rule (“Final Rule”), as directed by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 04-12-2019 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

PFAS bill progresses - The House Natural Resources Committee finished deliberation this week on S.49, a bill that grants the Agency of Natural Resources more discretion in setting the maximum contaminant level for PFAS...more

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Proposed changes to OHIP+ Program

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The OHIP+ program, also known as Children and Youth Pharmacare program, was implemented on January 1, 2018 by the Province of Ontario to provide free prescription drug coverage for all children and youth 24 years of age or...more

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Update: Several Ways Final Tax Reform Legislation Will Change Healthcare

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Tax-exempt bond financing, an anticipated impact to philanthropic donations, repeal of the individual mandate, and taxation of highly compensated executives are among the changes for 2018....more

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Six Ways Tax Reform Could Change Healthcare

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Providers, including charitable hospitals, nonprofit organizations, and academic medical centers, should watch for possible policy changes in the tax reform bill reconciliation process....more

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Updated Health Care Reform Legislation Comparison Chart

The chart below compares key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). This chart is current as of July 13, 2017, and as of that date,...more

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Is There a Doctor in the House?

Healthcare Options Following the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act and the Eventual Repeal of Obamacare - Overview - The presidential inauguration has come and gone. The House and Senate are already clearing the...more

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2014 – June, 30 2015 Relief from Employer Excise Tax for Small Employer & S Corporation Payment or Reimbursement of Individual...

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Beginning in 2014, a violation of certain healthcare reform rules, such as offering a health plan with annual dollar limits or not providing full preventive care with no employee cost, requires employers to pay an excise tax...more

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Cost Caps on Medical Procedures Approved

Federal officials recently approved “reference pricing,” a new cost-control mechanism that allows insurers to put a dollar limit on the amount that health plans pay for some expensive medical procedures, such as knee and hip...more

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