Apr 20, 2020 | Featured, News, State Issues
Since declaring a statewide coronavirus emergency on March 11, Louisiana has taken decisive action to help patients through the public health crisis. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued a set of sweeping emergency orders that expand patients’ access to...
Apr 8, 2020 | Featured, News, State Issues
Public health officials throughout the country are racing to flatten the coronavirus curve and minimize the strain placed on our overburdened health systems. “States need to do everything in their power to get COVID-19 patients accurate tests and vital treatment right...
Mar 11, 2020 | Federal Issues, Issues, News, State Issues
Consolidation is primarily a business decision that is made to increase monopoly or exercise rigorous control. Over the years, the health care industry has been a constant witness to mergers and acquisitions, such as hospitals buying individual physician practices or...
Mar 10, 2020 | Issues, News, State Issues
California has a new healthcare law beginning this year in 2020 under which state residents: Are required to have qualifying health insurance (employer-sponsored plans, coverage through Covered California or from insurers, Medicaid and most Medicaid plans) Without...
Feb 20, 2020 | News, State Issues
Unbelievable as it sounds: Patients in the United States are going to jail because of unpaid medical bills. Last fall, the independent non-profit news outlet ProPublica published an explosive investigation by Lizzie Presser, which uncovered how patients in Kansas were...
Feb 13, 2020 | News, State Issues
Patients in Ohio could gain an important protection from higher out-of-pocket insurance costs. State Representative Susan Manchester, R-Waynesfield, has teamed up with State Representative Thomas West, D-Canton, to author health care reform legislation that will...
