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    Introducing Competition and Choice for Medicaid in North Carolina

    On September 23, 2015, Governor Pat McCrory signed into law landmark reform legislation for the North Carolina Medicaid program. The legislation will transition the state from a fee-for-service to a…

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    Roadmap to Interoperability

    Following a multi-year collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology has released a Roadmap for nationwide interoperability in Health…

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    Give the Fed Input on Lawsuit Interest Rates

    For seven years, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at zero to help encourage a fledgling economy to pick up steam. During this time, interest rates for lawsuit award…

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    Revolutionary Advancements in Life Sciences

    In conjunction with the 2015 Annual Meeting, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) hosted a joint event with Life Sciences companies to educate ALEC members on the process of introducing…

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    Lawsuit Reform Across the Country: Using the New State Lawsuit Reform Website

    States across the country need to reform their lawsuit systems. Too often, well-meaning businesses get penalized by frivolous lawsuits and are unable to fully contribute to a state’s economy. StateLawsuitReform.com…

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    The Continuation of Executive Overreach: United States House of Representatives v. Burwell

    On November 11, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives filed a complaint against Health and Human Services Secretary Burwell, and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.  Recently, the United States District Court…

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    Incentivizing the Digital Health Revolution

    According to venture capital fund Rock Health, private investment in digital health startups in 2014 was $4.3 billion, a 125 percent increase from the previous year, easily surpassing investment in…

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    Harvard Researchers Developing Sepsis Therapeutic Device

      More people in hospitals die from sepsis and septic shock than from breast or lung cancer. Currently, there is no known cure for sepsis—something researchers at Harvard’s Wyss…

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    The District’s Next Regulatory Overreach

    Under the auspice of ‘consumer protection’ the District of Columbia (D.C.) Board of Physical Therapy is currently writing rules that will impose a licensing requirement for certified Personal Trainers which…

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    Doctor Supply Side Problems With the ACA

    Those hoping for the Supreme Court to instruct the federal government to step back amidst increasing involvement in health care were sorely disappointed on June 25 when the SCOTUS delivered…

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    IRS Permitted to Offer Subsidies in Federal Exchanges, Supreme Court Rules

    In a split decision, the Supreme Court determined that the Internal Revenue Service’s decision to offer taxpayer subsidies through federally established exchanges is permissible. The plaintiffs in King v.

  • The Cost of Affordable Care: A State-by-State Analysis image

    The Cost of Affordable Care: A State-by-State Analysis

    Regardless of the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision later this session, Obamacare has provided anything but “affordable” health insurance. It has, instead, shifted the cost from consumers of health…

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    12 States Release Proposed Premium Increases

    While premium filings aren’t expected from the federal government until next month, a report from The Wall Street Journal released Thursday provides a snapshot of preliminary 2016 rate filings…

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    Sued for Someone Else’s Products? Alabama Says No.

    https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/alabama-state-capitol-building-29724400 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed into law legislation that would protect drug manufacturers from being sued for products created by their generic brand competitors. In January of 2013 and…

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    Majority of Exchange Enrollees Previously Had Coverage

    A new study this week from RAND Corp. estimates that just 4.1 of the 11.2 million people enrolled in exchanges were previously uninsured. The majority, 7.1 million, had coverage…

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    Medical Innovation in Focus for Congress

    The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, April 23, held a subcommittee hearing on the impact of the medical device tax on jobs, innovation and patients. Since January 2013, manufacturers…

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    Telemedicine Controversy in Texas

    The Texas Medical Board views rules it adopted April 10 as “expanding telemedicine opportunities,” but business and industry groups insist they’ll instead serve to “drive a stake through…

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    What the Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Means for States

    The U.S. Senate late Tuesday evening passed legislation containing a permanent ‘doc fix’ for calculating physician reimbursements under Medicare. By doing away with a decades old formula, the…

  • Supreme Court Sides with Idaho, Blocks Medicaid Lawsuits image

    Supreme Court Sides with Idaho, Blocks Medicaid Lawsuits

    On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, holding that Medicaid providers cannot sue states to increase reimbursement rates. In a 5-4 decision…

  • Mississippi Becomes 8th State to Protect Direct Primary Care image

    Mississippi Becomes 8th State to Protect Direct Primary Care

    https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/mississippi-state-capitol-24355282 On Wednesday, March 18, Governor Phil Bryant approved the Mississippi Direct Primary Care Act, a measure to promote innovation and affordability in health by shielding direct primary care…