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California’s Bold Experiment with Whole-Person Centered Care: Has it Worked?

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CalAIM is an initiative of the California Department of Health Care Services (the Department) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of Medi-Cal members by implementing delivery system, program, and payment...more

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A Win for Out-of-Network Providers

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In a major win for healthcare providers, on September 20th a Louisiana state court jury awarded $421 million in favor of an out-of-network provider in its long dispute with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana (“BCBS of...more

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California Health Care Providers to Face Greater Headwinds as State Implements Health Care Cost Targets

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Pursuant to California's Health Care Quality and Affordability Act (the "HCQA"), the newly created Office of Health Care Affordability ("OHCA") recently proposed statewide health care cost targets and standards and goals for...more

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Health Law Diagnosis - July 2023

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Connecticut Governor Signs Health Care Bill Revising Connecticut’s Facility Fee Law - On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-171 entitled “An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting...more

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Connecticut Health Care Bill Revises Provider-Payor Contracting Requirements to Address Competitive Concerns

On June 7, 2023, the Connecticut Legislature passed HB6669, “An Act Protecting Patients and Prohibiting Unnecessary Health Care Costs” (“the Act”), which includes a prohibition on certain contractual clauses in agreements...more

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Connecticut Expands OHS Authority

As we have previously written on, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law the state’s budget as Public Act 22-118 (Act), which makes various changes to the Connecticut statutes. Among the changes, the Act...more

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Biden extends special sign-up period for Obamacare with increased subsidies

The Biden Administration has further expanded a special sign-up season for health insurance plans offered on Obamacare exchanges, giving consumers until Aug. 15 to enroll in coverage that also may be much cheaper....more

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$1.9-trillion Biden law takes major steps to reshape U.S. health and health care

The Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief law, called the American Rescue Plan, tackles one of the leading concerns expressed by American voters in repeated recent political campaigns: our health...more

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Forecasting Healthcare Regulatory Developments in a Biden Administration

President Joe Biden was sworn into office on January 20, 2021. As with any incoming administration, new policies will be pursued while those of the previous administration are furthered, abandoned, or undone. The federal...more

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Day 1 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

If I printed a tee shirt for the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, what would it say? In past years, it would have been “Big Data,” Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, ACA, Risk, Medicare Advantage or Quality. This...more

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2019 Moss Adams Health Care Conference – Vision 2020: The Future of Health Care

Attendees of the annual Moss Adams Health Care Conference held in Las Vegas on November 7th and 8th, were treated to a heated exchange between political all-stars Karl Rove and James Carville over a variety of topics...more

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New Tool to Contain Employer Healthcare Costs

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Healthcare coverage became an employer-offered benefit during World War II as the result of the federal government’s wage and price controls. Since that time, Medicare has become an important part of how healthcare is...more

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Executive Order Seeks to Improve Consumer-Driven Healthcare

On June 24, 2019, the President issued his Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First. The Executive Order directs regulators to take action to improve healthcare...more

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Massachusetts HPC Health Care Cost Trends Hearing: Key Takeaways

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (“HPC”) held its annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearing on October 16-17, 2018. The hearing covered a wide range of topics affecting the health care industry here in the Commonwealth...more

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Recent Developments in Antitrust Scrutiny of Healthcare-Provider Transactions

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As the trend of acquisitions of physician practices and mergers of hospitals continues, so does antitrust scrutiny of these deals. There was activity this week in three different proposed transactions that caught the...more

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Three Pressing Challenges for Personalized Medicine

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Personalized medicine can be described as the science of targeted therapies. Advances in diagnostic and molecular medicine have made it possible to more precisely identify alternative treatment options for patients based on...more

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Recent Developments in Massachusetts Health Policy

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Building on the momentum of early October hearings on the state’s growing health care expenditures, the Health Policy Commission (HPC), the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Governor Charlie Baker, and others spent...more

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