Tag archives: health care reform

U.S. Senators continue ACA stabilization and repeal efforts

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on September 13, 2017 Posted in News from DC

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has held three hearings in the past few days attempting to reach a bipartisan agreement on stabilizing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance markets and will hold a fourth hearing later this week. HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Minority Member Patty Murry (D-WA) … Continue reading

CMS issues blanket waivers as a result of Hurricane Harvey; health care reform efforts continue

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on September 5, 2017 Posted in News from DC

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued several blanket waivers of Medicare requirements as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Examples of requirements that CMS may waive include those relating to conditions of Medicare participation or certification, preapproval requirements, EMTALA requirements, Stark Law self-referral sanctions, and performance deadlines. Providers do not need to … Continue reading

Senate Republican leadership plans vote to begin debate on health care reform legislation; House Budget Committee approves budget resolution; 340B program hearing held

By on July 24, 2017 Posted in News from DC

Without enough votes to begin debate on the July 13th version of the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” on Monday, July 17, Republican leaders in the Senate called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without an immediate plan to replace the ACA. According to a report issued by the Congressional Budget … Continue reading

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issues health care reform directives; Senate committee passes telehealth bill

By on May 22, 2017 Posted in News from DC

While the Senate continues to work on its version of health care reform legislation, the American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been busy streamlining and de-regulating current processes under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On May 16, CMS released a Checklist for Section 1332 Innovation … Continue reading