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Arkansas Physicians Adopt Patient-Driven Models
Opinion -health-care-news -Arkansas physicians frustrated by hospital- and insurance-controlled care are returning to more personal, patient-driven options in the form of direct primary care (DPC) and concierge medicine. -
Nevada to Leave Obamacare Exchange
Opinion -health-care-news -The state of Nevada has begun the process of becoming the first state to leave the federal Obamacare exchange and set up a state-run version. -
Higher Health Care Spending Doesn’t Equal Better Results, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -A survey from the personal-finance website WalletHub examining all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on health care cost and quality ranks Vermont first and Louisiana last. -
Kansas City Docs Pay Off Medical Debt for 700 Patients
Opinion -health-care-news -The Midwest Direct Primary Care Alliance (MDPCA), a group of Midwestern doctors and nurse practitioners, raised money to forgive a total of $1.4 million of debt for 784 patients in the Kansas City region. -
Wisconsin Faces Massive Unfunded Health Care Liability
Opinion -health-care-news -Twenty-five Wisconsin cities face a total of nearly $2.25 billion in unfunded liabilities, many of which are related to health care benefits promised to retired workers, a Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows. -
Georgia Considers CON Reforms to Increase Health Care Access
Opinion -health-care-news -Georgia lawmakers are considering reforms to the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws, the regulatory frame- work designed to limit health care providers’ ability to provide new facilities and services. -
Maryland Enacts ‘All-Payer’ Health Care Payment Model
Opinion -health-care-news -Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) signed a five-year contract reforming the state’s system of payments for beneficiaries of government health care programs. -
North Carolina Surgeon Challenges State’s CON Law
Opinion -health-care-news -A Winston-Salem surgeon is suing to overturn North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) law, arguing it prevents health care providers from improving services for their patients. -
Short-Term Health Insurance Expansion Finalized
Opinion -health-care-news -The departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued the final rule on August 1 making the expansion of short-term plans official. -
State Attorneys General Sue to Stop Association Health Plans
Opinion -health-care-news -Twelve state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule expanding access to association health plans (AHP). -
Chronic Pain Patients Ask FDA for More Options
Opinion -health-care-news -Patients experiencing chronic pain managed via analgesic medications pled for more options and easier access to opioid prescriptions at a public meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Twelve Attorneys General Sue to Block Association Health Plans
Opinion -health-care-news -Attorneys general from 11 states and Washington, DC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Trump administration’s June 20 rule expanding access to association health plans (AHPs). -
Maine Governor Corrects Media on Medicaid Controversy
Opinion -health-care-news -After major media outlets published a story claiming Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he would “go to jail before expanding Medicaid,” the governor’s office issued a response refuting the story. -
Medicaid Expansion Will Appear on Nebraskans’ 2018 Ballot
Opinion -health-care-news -An organization dedicated to Medicaid expansion has submitted 133,000 signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State in an effort to place on this November’s ballot an initiative to expand Medicaid in the state. -
Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Supports Medicaid Work Requirements
Opinion -health-care-news -The Republican nominee for governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, announced he supports retaining Medicaid expansion in the Buckeye State but wants to establish work requirements for healthy adults in the expansion program. -
Federal Share of Health Care Spending Nears 50 Percent
Opinion -health-care-news -The federal government is paying for a continually increasing share of Americans’ health care, with current and future federal taxpayers’ proportion of overall health care spending now approaching 50 percent. -
VA Telemedicine Program Improves Patient Outcomes, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -A telemedicine program implemented at 23 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in Virginia has decreased the number of patients transferred to other intensive care units (ICUs) at larger VA hospitals. -
Medicaid, Medicare Contribute to Rise in Opioid Abuse, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies share some responsibility for the rise of opioid abuse, a new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports. -
House Votes to Repeal Medical Device Tax
Opinion -health-care-news -The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the Obamacare tax on medical devices, a move proponents of the repeal say will make innovation in health care less risky. -
Federal Health-Insurance Tax Exemptions to Top Half-Trillion Dollars
Opinion -health-care-news -Federal health-related tax exemptions, including the tax exclusion for employer-purchased health insurance, are now expected to exceed $500 billion in 2019. -
Trump Administration Considers Allowing Some Drug Imports
Opinion -health-care-news, News -HHS Secretary Alex Azar has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a working group to weigh the risks and rewards of drug importation, which is currently banned in the United States. -
SCOTUS Nominee Kavanaugh’s Health Care Opinions Spotlighted
Opinion -health-care-news -Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's newest nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, is likely to be questioned at length about his opinions on health care. -
Many More Medicaid Recipients Could Work, White House Reports
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A new report from The Council of Economic Advisors finds 60 percent of working-age, non-disabled Medicaid recipients work less than 20 hours per week, and the authors suggest Congress pass a law requiring states to place work requirements on Medicaid. -
CMS Submits Proposed Rule Changes for Fee-Based Services
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed rule changes to provide Medicare beneficiaries with greater access to fee-based primary care practices.
