2023 Health Care Access Medicare 
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. practicing providers” largely found in Trilliant Health’s data trove.
Health Care Law Brief
APRIL 12, 2023
On April 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which will be codified at 42 C.F.R. The Final Rule is effective June 5, 2023. Parts 417, 422, 423, 455, and 460. 79452 (2022)). 405.902).
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Innovaare Compliance
JANUARY 19, 2021
It has become evident by changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star Rating formulas over the past several years—and especially with changes implemented for the 2021 Plan Year—that member experience and medication adherence is of utmost importance to the CMS. Medicare Star Ratings 2021 Changes.
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 6, 2023
To assess the prevalence of ghost networks, Senate Finance Committee staffers conducted a secret shopper study of 120 mental health provider listings across 12 Medicare Advantage plans. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories.
Jane Sarashon
JULY 18, 2024
We’ve discussed the hockey-stick rise in the adoption and persistent use of GLP-1 drugs for managing diabetes and obesity here in Health Populi. This graph diagrams utilization, unit cost, and cost as a percent of overall medical cost trend: note that by the middle of 2023, GLP-1 drug costs for Group health plan members comprised 13.6%
Jane Sarashon
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?
Healthcare Law Blog
JUNE 9, 2023
What is New: Department of Health Care Access and Information (“HCAI”) posted a draft methodology for evaluating applications for the Distressed Hospital Loan Program (“Loan Program”) and is surveying California hospitals to assess interest in the Loan Program. May 16, 2023 – HCAI began surveying California hospitals.
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