Covering Surprise Medical Billing: Tips to Help Reporters Background Information Surprise balance billing happens when an out-of-network health care provider bills a patient directly for treatment, appointments, services or therapies that […]
Reducing Health Care Costs
“Most-Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Rule
Statement on “Most-Favored Nation” Drug Pricing Rule By Eleanor M. Perfetto, PhD, MS, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released a final […]
2020 Washington Representatives Retreat
2020 Washington Representatives Retreat Event Time: 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. ET Event Location: Virtual Agenda (download) The National Health Council (NHC) hosted a successful virtual 2020 Washington Representatives Retreat. While we missed seeing our colleagues in […]
Updates on Current Federal Telehealth Legislation
By Maddie Mason, Senior Policy Associate Access to telehealth, which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines as the exchange of medical information from one site to another through electronic communication to […]
NHC Comments on the 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
By Maddie Mason, Senior Associate, Policy The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released their Proposed Rule, entitled “HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021; Notice of Requirement […]
2020 Health Leadership Conference
2020 Health Leadership Conference Event Location: Tampa, FL The 2020 National Health Council (NHC) Health Leadership Conference (HLC) was a success, with 104 attendees from 52 organizations coming together to […]
Surprise Medical Billing Update
By Maddie Mason, Senior Associate, Policy Surprise medical bills, which are unexpected medical bills that come after someone with insurance inadvertently receives care from an out-of-network provider at an in-network […]
President’s 2021 Budget Proposes Significant Cuts to Health Care
Statement by Marc M. Boutin, JD, Chief Executive Officer The President’s 2021 budget, released today, aims to greatly slash spending on health programs on which people with chronic diseases and […]
Passage of Major Funding and Health Policy Legislation Closes Out 2019
by Maddie Mason, Senior Associate, Policy Legislation providing funding for all federal programs for fiscal year 2020 was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on December […]
January Health Care Reform Action Team
Health Care Reform Action Team Event Date: 2020-01-08 Event Time: 12:00 pm Contact Maddie Mason, Senior Associate, Policy, for more information.