WHG has updated its Legislative and Regulatory Outlook for 2020, based largely on changes reflected in the administration’s recently released Spring 2020 Unified Agenda. With this product, we aim to provide a comprehensive line-up of key federal health care policy developments we expect to see throughout the course of the coming year and their approximate timing. Of note, many anticipated... Read More
WHG - Chart: Key Federal COVID-19 Stimulus Funding Opportunities for Health Care Providers and Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has continued to distribute funding, release information, and share data about the allocation of coronavirus relief payments to providers and facilities. Here are the key updates since we last shared our Federal COVID-19 Funding Opportunities for Providers & Hospitals tracking chart in late June: Funding: Provider Relief Fund – HHS announced today that it... Read More
WHG - Aligned Support on Legislative & Regulatory Changes to Extend COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities
The COVID-19 public health emergency has required a swift and monumental response across several federal agencies and Congress. Through a combination of emergency powers, federal agencies have collectively issued over 600 temporary flexibilities and regulatory changes intended to bolster the U.S. response to the pandemic. With respect to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), many of the deregulatory... Read More
WHG - Chart: Compilation of Federal Telehealth Flexibilities
In light of the many changes to telehealth that have occurred since the beginning of the COVID-19 public health emergency, we have compiled the key telehealth changes and flexibilities at the federal level into one chart. The chart incorporates legislative changes, waivers, certain insurer flexibilities, and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) interim final rules with commend periods... Read More
WHG - Chart: Key Federal COVID-19 Economic Relief Opportunities for Employers
WHG provides an overview of key economic relief opportunities that were made available through the following bills signed into law, thus far. Phase 3 Bill – CARES Act (H.R. 748) Phase 3.5 Bill – Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266) Overall, the chart encapsulates economic relief to employers, including those in the health care sector, in... Read More
WHG - Chart: Key Federal COVID-19 Economic Relief Opportunities for State and Local Governments
WHG provides an overview of key stimulus funding opportunities for state and local governments that were made available through the series of COVID-19 response bills signed into law, thus far. Phase 1 Bill – Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (R. 6074) Phase 2 Bill – Families First Coronavirus Response Act (R. 6201) Phase 3 Bill – Coronavirus... Read More
WHG - Lookback: Key COVID-19 Updates March 9-13
During March 9-13, 2020, there were several updates about the coronavirus from all levels of government. In addition to the discussion lawmakers are having with public health experts at hearings and the primetime briefing by President Trump, departments throughout the administration have released fact sheets and guidance documents on a near daily basis. Attached is a brief recap of the... Read More
WHG - In South Carolina, Democratic Candidates Discuss Medicare for All, Rural Health, Coronavirus, and Other Public Health Issues
On February 25, 2020, seven candidates convened in Charleston, South Carolina for the 10th Democratic presidential debate ahead of the state’s Democratic primary (February 29) and Super Tuesday (March 3). A total of 14 states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia), as well as American Samoa and Democrats abroad, will... Read More
WHG - Key Legislation on Surprise Medical Billing; Includes W&M, Ed & Labor, HELP/E&C Proposals
We provide an updated side-by-side analysis of the major congressional legislation intended to protect patients from surprise medical billing that have been introduced thus far in the 116th Congress. For each of the three proposals outlined below, the chart examines key provisions regarding prohibited balance billing scenarios, payment mechanisms, implications for plans and providers, cost-sharing implications for patients, interaction with... Read More
WHG - Democratic Candidates Deliberate on Electability and Health Care Reform in Latest Primary Debate
On February 19, 2020, six Democratic candidates debated for their spot as the 2020 nominee in Las Vegas, Nevada. To qualify for the debate, candidates had to have either 10 percent or more in four national, Nevada, or South Carolina polls; have 12 percent or more in just two Nevada or South Carolina polls; or, have secured at least one... Read More
WHG - Side-By-Side Summarizes 5 Key Federal Telehealth Bills
It can be hard to keep track of federal telehealth legislation in a sea of legislative and regulatory health care priorities, so the team at Wynne Health Group has made it easy for you. We created a side-by-side (SBS) summarizing five key telehealth bills introduced in the 116th Congress: ECHO Act of 2019; Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act; CONNECT for Health Act... Read More
WHG - 2020 Legislative and Regulatory Outlook
Please find here WHG’s Legislative and Regulatory Outlook for 2020, based largely on changes reflected in the administration’s Fall 2019 regulatory agenda. As in previous releases of our annual outlook, we aim to provide a comprehensive line-up of key federal health care policy developments we expect to see throughout the course of the coming year and their approximate timing. Of... Read More
WHG - At December Debate, Democratic Candidates Continue Discussion on Comprehensive Health Reform; Discuss Impeachment As Well
On December 19, 2019, candidates convened again for the sixth 2020 Democratic Presidential primary debate. Seven candidates took the stage at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, each having met the threshold of securing at least 200,000 individual campaign donors, and receiving at least four percent in four DNC-approved polls. Co-hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico, the event was moderated... Read More
WHG - Surprise Medical Billing Might Get a Hybrid Solution
Reaching a consensus on how to protect patients from surprise medical bills has eluded Congress for most of the year even though members in both parties and chambers are highly motivated to find a fix. With an agreement reached over the December 7–8, 2019, weekend, a solution seems closer than it has in a long time. Unlike typical health policy... Read More
WHG - Candidates Continue to Discuss Medicare For All and Women’s Reproductive Rights at Fifth Democratic Presidential Primary Debate
On Thursday, November 20, candidates convened again for the fifth 2020 Democratic Presidential primary debate. Ten candidates qualified for the debate criteria, needing to have 165,000 unique donors and to have met one of two polling requirements: (1) two polls at 5 percent or more in the four early nominating states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina); or (2)... Read More
WHG - Chart: Democratic Presidential Candidates' Proposals on Mental and Behavioral Health
We provide a side-by-side analysis of Democratic presidential candidates’ proposals on mental and behavioral health reform that have been released thus far. For each of the three candidates below, the chart examines their key provisions regarding insurance reform, delivery reform, public health and workforce initiatives, research, and the opioid crisis. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA); Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN); and Mayor... Read More
WHG - Chart: Democratic Presidential Candidates' Proposals on Rural Health
We provide a side-by-side analysis of Democratic presidential candidates’ proposals on rural health reform that have been released thus far. For each of the two candidates below, the chart examines their key provisions regarding insurance reform, delivery reform, anticompetitive behavior, workforce and capacity, telehealth, opioid crisis, and social determinants of health. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA); and Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South... Read More
WHG - Chart: Democratic Presidential Candidates' Proposals on Maternal Health
We provide a side-by-side analysis of Democratic presidential candidates’ proposals on maternal health reform that have been released thus far. For each of the two candidates below, the chart examines their key provisions regarding Medicaid and CHIP and delivery reform. Sen. Kamala Harris (CA); and Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)... Read More
WHG - Chart: Democratic Presidential Candidates' Proposals on Comprehensive Health Reform
We provide a side-by-side analysis of Democratic presidential candidates’ proposals on comprehensive health reform that have been released thus far. For each of the six candidates below, the chart examines their key provisions regarding plan implementation, enrollee eligibility, benefit design, cost sharing, balance billing, prescription drugs, implications for providers and private plans, and finance mechanisms. Vice President Joe Biden; Sen... Read More
WHG - Chart: One Year Implementation Update on SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
Thursday, October 24, 2019, marked the one year anniversary of the passage into law of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act – the major federal legislative package addressing the opioid epidemic. In observance of the anniversary, the Wynne Health Group produced the attached chart capturing a section-by-section update on the... Read More
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