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OHCA Proposes Material Updates to CMIR Regulations

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California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) released a set of proposed revisions to its sweeping Cost & Market Impact Review (CMIR) regulations yesterday afternoon. ...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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Health Care and Innovation: Why Not Better and Cheaper? Part 2: Getting the Most from Transformative Technologies -...

New Manatt Webinar Series Explores Innovation in Health Care—and Why It Matters for Patients and Society - The evolution of cellphones demonstrates that quality can increase while prices fall. Why doesn’t health care also...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Health Care and Innovation: Why Not Better and Cheaper? Part 1: Missing Innovations - July 26th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

New Manatt Webinar Series Explores Innovation in Health Care—and Why It Matters for Patients and Society - The evolution of cellphones demonstrates that quality can increase while prices fall. Why doesn’t health care also...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

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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Investing in Commercial-Stage Healthcare Companies in Canada: A Recap of BBHIC 2023

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The one-and-only Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference (BBHIC) took place in Toronto last week. Investors and healthcare companies from around the world gathered to discuss the state of the market, meet one-on-one...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 117: Chris Severn, Co-Founder & CEO, Turquoise Health

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This week, Chris Severn of Turquoise Health joins Matthew and Tina for the 2nd time on Taking the Pulse to give us an update on all things price transparency. Chris provides insight on the market’s reaction to the price...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 115: Dr. Michael Havig, CEO, HealthMe

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Matthew and Amanda welcome Dr. Michael Havig, HealthMe founder and CEO, to episode 115. Michael is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who created HealthMe to help patients find the best health care and save...more

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[Webinar] What Will the Midterm Elections Mean for Health Care? - September 28th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Americans are strongly focused on the upcoming midterm elections. An NBC News survey shows that 68% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats are expressing high interest in the midterms. Which issues are most critical to voters...more

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[Webinar] Access to Coverage and Care: Policy Trends in Medicaid, Medicare and the Commercial Market - October 6th, 1:00 pm - 2:00...

Join Manatt for the First of Our Imperatives Deep-Dive Sessions on the Topics You Voted Most Important to You. To benefit fully from America’s health care system, people need both timely access to health care services and...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - July 2022

The 21st century American reality is if you get sick, really sick,you're in for a money nightmare on top of the emotional and physical toll of serious disease. Medical costs keep skyrocketing with no sign of easing....more

McAfee & Taft

No Surprises Act – Overview of IDR process

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The No Surprises Act (NSA) became effective on January 1, 2022. It prohibits surprise billing in certain circumstances. Surprise billing occurs when a patient receives an unexpected bill, often for a large amount, from an...more

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Texas Federal Court Strikes Down No Surprises Act IDR Standard

On February 23, the federal District Court in the Eastern District of Texas struck down key provisions of regulations issued by the federal Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (Departments) and...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

UPDATE: No Surprises Here – Portions of the No Surprises Act Regulations Invalidated

The No Surprises Act (the Act) continues to bump through its initial implementation phase. As we discussed in our prior blog, out-of-network physicians and facilities (OON Providers), and their allies, are pushing back...more

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Healthcare Price Transparency Empowers Employees and Employers

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As healthcare costs increase, how are employers and employees expected to keep up? It’s no secret that healthcare premiums are on the rise. PwC’s Health Research Institute found that medical costs rose 7% in 2021 and are...more

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The Manatt State Cost Containment Update - February 2022: Leveraging APCDs and Other Data

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest edition of the Manatt State Cost Containment Update, a digital publication produced with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and in collaboration with the...more

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The Manatt State Cost Containment Update - February 2022: Additional Resources

Office of Health Strategy (OHS) Roadmap for Strengthening and Sustaining Primary Care, Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS). Draft of as November 2021. In collaboration with the state Department of Social Services...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

The Federal No Surprises Act: 10 Things Connecticut Providers Should Know Now

The Federal No Surprises Act (42 USC §300gg-111 et seq.), effective for plan years beginning January 1, 2022, restricts surprise bills for patients with job-based or individual health care coverage who receive...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

States Begin to Issue Guidance on Implementing the No Surprises Act: Are You Ready?

The No Surprises Act (NSA), which was enacted in December 2020 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, protects patients from surprise medical bills for emergency services and when they are treated by...more

Payne & Fears

The Many Unpleasant Surprises in the No Surprises Act Regulations

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The Federal No Surprises Act (“Act”), which goes into effect on January 1, 2022, contains provisions designed to protect insured patients from unexpected hospital and physician bills when they receive emergency services in an...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Providers Get Unpleasant Surprise from Latest Provisions to the No Surprises Act

Efforts to stop surprise medical costs are continuing to evolve. The Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Labor, and Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”), and the Office of Personnel Management issued an...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Manatt State Cost Containment Update - October 2021

Welcome to the Manatt State Cost Containment Update, a digital publication produced with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and in collaboration with the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health...more

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The Manatt State Cost Containment Update - October 2021: Manatt Spotlights

In each edition, Manatt will feature “deep dive” topics that share new cross-cutting benchmarking program developments as states seek to evolve and advance their cost growth benchmarking programs to meet new regulatory and...more

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The Manatt State Cost Containment Update - October 2021: Additional Resources

Massachusetts’ HPC released its 2021 Annual Cost Trends Report, which examines the state’s cost growth trends in 2019 and includes five overarching policy recommendations for lawmakers, providers, payers, employers, and other...more

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