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New Court Ruling May Restore Cost-sharing Barriers to Disease Prevention

May 22, 2023 | Access

By Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) required a majority of private health plans to cover preventive healthcare services without any out-of-pocket costs to enrollees: meaning no co-pay or deductible. However, a new ruling by a Texas...
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Patients Rising Now Signs onto Medigap Access Legislation

May 4, 2023 | Access, Medicare

Patients Rising Now joined several other organizations in sending a letter to the Texas House of Representatives in support of a bill that would increase patient access to supplemental Medicare plans referred to as Medigap plans. In the current system, patients who...
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Patients Rising Now CEO Quote on Vision Benefit Managers Legislation

May 4, 2023 | Access, Health Insurance

Patients Rising Now CEO Terry Wilcox was quoted as part of the announcement of a bipartisan bill, introduced by Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Cramer (R-ND) to improve patient experiences when seeking treatment in the dental and optometric care fields. The legislation...
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Wilcox: MedPAC’S Part B Recommendations Threaten Patient Access to Care

Apr 14, 2023 | Access, Federal Issues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2023 Contact: Sarah Shelson sshelson@riesterpublicaffairs.com WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Now CEO and Co-founder Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding MedPAC’s recommendation to modify reimbursements for...
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Out-of-the-Box Thinking Needed to Boost Healthcare Professional Workforce, Improve Access

Mar 24, 2023 | Access

By Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. Here’s a grim statistic from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): by 2034, there will be an estimated shortage of 17,800-48,000 primary care and 21,000-77,100 specialty physicians in the U.S. Strategies to remove...
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Patient Impact Report: Discrimination Faced by Patients with Rare Diseases

Feb 25, 2023 | Access

Patient Access to Rare Disease Treatments (PDF Version of the Report) Rare diseases are not as rare as the name implies. Over 25 million Americans live with rare diseases. Many rare diseases are also considered chronic diseases, since they require routine medical...
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New Court Ruling May Restore Cost-sharing Barriers to Disease Prevention

Patients Rising Now Signs onto Medigap Access Legislation

Patients Rising Now CEO Quote on Vision Benefit Managers Legislation

Wilcox: MedPAC’S Part B Recommendations Threaten Patient Access to Care

Out-of-the-Box Thinking Needed to Boost Healthcare Professional Workforce, Improve Access

Patient Impact Report: Discrimination Faced by Patients with Rare Diseases

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New Court Ruling May Restore Cost-sharing Barriers to Disease Prevention

Patients Rising Now Signs onto Medigap Access Legislation

Patients Rising Now CEO Quote on Vision Benefit Managers Legislation

Wilcox: MedPAC’S Part B Recommendations Threaten Patient Access to Care

Out-of-the-Box Thinking Needed to Boost Healthcare Professional Workforce, Improve Access

Patient Impact Report: Discrimination Faced by Patients with Rare Diseases

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