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The Kaiser Family Foundation has published a table that compares the provisions in the House- and Senate-passed bills and in President Obama’s recent proposal. You can download it here. For just the key provisions affecting Medicare program, see this link.
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Tags: health reform, healthcare reform, house bill, senate bill
Note: The provisions discussed below were not included in the final legislation. The White House summary of new proposed measures to “crack down on waste, fraud and abuse” include a number of provisions from H.R. 3970, the “Medical Rights and Reform Act” sponsored by Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) and 12 Republican co-sponsors. One of these [...]
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Tags: anti-fraud, H.R. 3970, health reform, healthcare reform
The new health reform law signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010 includes a requirement that billing agents, clearinghouses, and any other alternate payee that submits Medicaid claims on behalf of a healthcare provider, must register with the State and Secretary of HHS “in a form and manner specified by the Secretary.” UPDATE 3/23/10 [...]
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The President’s new health insurance reform proposal is now posted on the White House website. The post provides summaries of the provisions, but does not include proposed statutory language.
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Update
HealthReformStat is on hiatus while awaiting political developments. If and when it appears likely that health reform legislation has a reasonable chance of being enacted, I will resume these posts. Jennifer Stiller
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The Commonwealth Fund has developed interactive tables for side-by-side comparisons of the system reforms and insurance coverage provisions in the two health reform bills. After clicking on the link, check the box for the House bill or the Senate bill (both if you want to see a comparison), then click on the subject matter that [...]
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Health reform isn’t just about insurance reform. If enacted, it is likely that health reform will provide a major boost to primary care health resources for underserved communities. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are locally-based community health centers designed to provide primary care to medically underserved areas and populations and to
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Here is an interesting comparison of the House and Senate bills prepared by Tri-Committee House staff; budget and coverage data are from the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation.
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The bill passed by the Senate on December 24 keeps intact the immediately-effective consumer protections outlined in my first post on this blog and makes one of them stronger. As initially proposed, the Senate bill required health insurers to file annual reports showing the percentage of total premium revenue spent on – (a) direct healthcare [...]
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Senate Bill Link Updated
The link to the Senate Bill (H.R. 3590) is now to the final version of the bill, as passed by the Senate December 24, 2009.
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