“If the ACA is struck down,” said Judith Stein, Executive Director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, “millions of older adults and people with disabilities will lose the health care coverage and consumer protections they have relied on for almost a decade.” Because the ACA contains aroun...
On September 20, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaitedfinal ruleaddressing several important drug pricing matters under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) (Final Rule). The Final Rule’s provisions also have significant ...
The Medicare statute—the closest the country has ever come to a centralized and standard-setting healthcare system—determines that Medicare should provide coverage for all “reasonable and necessary” treatments, without defining what qualifies as “reasonable” or “necessary,” let alone specifying ...
First, use of standard depression questionnaires for screening and assessing treatment outcomes is now widespread. The USPSTF recommends depression screening for all adults. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program assesses and rewards use of standard depression ...
3528, “the Every Prescription Conveyed Securely (EPCS) Act”, by Reps. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Katherine Clark (D-MA), which would require e-prescribing for controlled substances in Medicare Part D. NCPA has been working with the House sponsors of the EPCS legislation to address concer...
Upon FDA authorization, structured manufacturer code sets are published by FDA, CDC, the American Medical Association (AMA), multiple formulary compendium, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). System vendors incorporate the published code sets, which CDC estimates takes approximately 6 to ...
There is a need for research on the effects of adopting expanded coverage for IBCLCs and advocacy to do so. The Author(s) 2015. 展开 关键词: Affordable Health Care Act breastfeeding lactation consultants DOI: 10.1177/0890334415599164 被引量: 7 ...
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Check out our November 2021 Podcast for a recap of recently published blogs and a preview of articles in the November 2021 issue of Medical Care. Category: All Podcast Tags: access to care, chronic conditions, Communication, COVID-19, Disparities, health equity, medicare, provider communication,...
“It can’t just be someone with an MD by their name. It has to be someone with meaningful management experience.” Should Republicans hold the Senate, Murthy could also run into opposition over his record of advocacy for gun control -- something that became an issue during his confirmation...