Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won’t get… Read More: Senate HELP Committee weighs the future of telehealth »
A medical device excise tax, which was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act and implemented in 2013, has been under moratorium for a number of years and medical device manufacturers are celebrating its permanent repeal, as the Senate voted today on Congress’ 2020 spending package. The medical technology industry has long rooted for… Read More: Senate repeals medical device excise tax in move applauded by… »
Payment rates to doctors and hospitals could fall by as much as 20% on average nationally under a bill making its way through the Senate, according to a projection published Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. The bill, the Lower Health Care Costs Act, advanced out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee… Read More: Senate surprise billing legislation would cut pay for hospitals and… »
Dive Brief: The leaders of the Senate HELP Committee on Thursday proposed a wide-ranging and ambitious package of healthcare bills, including measures addressing surprise medical billing, price transparency, interoperability, drug costs and public health. One bill put forward would require commercial insurers to make claims data and expected out-of-pocket costs available to patients through application… Read More: Senate health committee takes on surprise bills, price transparency in… »