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Section-by-Section Summary of Reform Law
(By the House of Representatives’ Committee on Rules)
Implementation Timeline for Reform Law
(By the Kaiser Family Foundation)
For more on reform, including regulations, click here. |
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This Week's Health Business News |
• Small Business Tax Cut Under Reform May Aid Fewer Than One-Third of Employers
• CMS Revs Up Its Process of Terminating Providers From Medicare and Medicaid
• CVS Caremark, Walgreens Mend Fences With New Network Deal
• New Mental Health ‘Safe Harbor’ Gives Health Plans Some Breathing Room
• Providers Have Won Majority of RAC Claims Denials They Have Appealed
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News from Washington and the States
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| • House Democrats Introduced Bill to Establish Public Option in Exchanges
• CMS Issues Final Rules to Expand Use of Electronic Health Records, Define ‘Meaningful Use’
• Hospital Settles $7 Million Case Despite Lack of False Claims Allegations
• Federal Agencies Issue Rules Permitting Individuals to Appeal Health Plan Decisions
• Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 94 People in Five Cities |
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| July's
Featured Articles |
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Health Plan Business |
| • With Biosimilar Approval Pathway a Reality, Health Plans Need to Prepare Now to Reap Savings |
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Medicare Advantage |
| • Internet Marketing May Reduce Costs and Increase Compliance With Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage |
| Managed Medicaid |
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• United Cites State Savings in New Push for Medicaid Managed Care |
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans |
• BCBSKC Targets ‘Young Invincibles’ Ahead of Individual Mandate |
| Pharmacy Benefit Management |
| • Health Plans, PBMs May Have Increased Influence Over Which Drugs Are Prescribed |
| Specialty Pharmacy |
| • Health Reform Law Creates, Funds Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute |
| Medicare Compliance |
| • Workload, Responsibility of Compliance Departments Grow With Heightened Government Enforcement |
| HIPAA Compliance |
| • Complexities Abound in HIPAA Interactions Between Law Enforcement and Covered Entities |
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