PRN Issues
Patients with compromised immune systems are most at risk for coronavirus. Medicare blocks them from accessing in-home care.
Medicare rules block patients with underlying health conditions, including cancer and asthma, from accessing in-home care during coronavirus epidemic.
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72 lawmakers back patients in fight over NBPP co-pay rules
Patients are getting some big-name support on Capitol Hill in the fight to block health care regulations that would increase patient out-of-pocket insurance costs in 2021.
Seventy-two members of...
When Your Payer Also Wants to Be Your Care Provider
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...
What’s Brewing in California With the Healthcare Law?
California has a new healthcare law beginning this year in 2020 under which state residents:
- Are required to...
Opposition to Portions of 2021 NBPP Proposed Rule
We write to express our strong opposition to portions of...
Trump administration proposes insurance loophole to hike patient out-of-pocket costs in 2021
New regulations proposed by the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services contain an insurance loophole that will increase patients' out-of-pocket costs in 2021.
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What You Need to Know About the Opioid Workforce Act: HR 3414
What You Need to Know About the Opioid Workforce Act (H.R. 3414/S. 2892)
A bipartisan bill was introduced in the US Congress in 2019 to help...
Fact Check: Yes, patients in America are going to jail for 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 being sent to jail for unpaid medical bills.
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Billing and Collections Practices of Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
The legal requirement that the welfare of patients is the primary duty and obligation of any
PBM aligns their responsibilities with those of every other state regulated entity in
healthcare....
Ohio House Bill 469 protects patients from insurance copay accumulators
Ohio House Bill 469 protects patients from insurance copay accumulators that block copay assistance, or blindside patients with higher out-of-pocket costs.
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Support the Personalized Care Act of 2020
Contact your US Senator and Congressperson to support the Personalized Care Act of 2020 so healthcare choice and control can be returned to patients.
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Dr. Kimberly Corba: Congress sits on reform to expand HSAs to all patients
Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Chip Roy have introduced legislation to strengthen HSAs and expand Health Savings Accounts to every patient in America.
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