Cancer Policy Matters Guest Post by Tanisha Carino, Executive Vice President, Avalere Health The Affordable Care Act provides an unprecedented opportunity for millions to gain coverage through the exchange marketplace by enrolling in a qualified health plan (QHP) that covers essential health benefits and limits financial exposure to excessive out-of-pocket costs. More than 8 million […]
An opinion piece recently published in the New York Times challenges concerns of a pending doctor shortage and offers suggestions for innovations that could improve the health care system. Some have predicted a shortage of physicians and health care resources caused by a shift in demographics due to the aging American population and the inclusion of millions […]
NCCS filed comments in support of proposed cancer care quality measures that will be utilized to assess the cancer care provided by the prospective payment system (PPS)-exempt cancer hospitals. In its comments, NCCS focused on the outcome measure that will assess the performance of PPS-exempt institutions in preventing inpatient admission or emergency department care for […]
October 1, 2013 is rapidly approaching. That’s the beginning of open enrollment for insurance through state exchanges created to satisfy the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new health policy brief from Health Affairs explains the different models for exchanges, including both state-based and federally affiliated. It also lays out upcoming implementation activities and challenges facing […]
NCCS joined colleagues in the cancer advocacy community in submitting comments regarding proposed standards for the expanded Medicaid program that was established by the Affordable Care Act. The rules that have been proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would grant a state great flexibility in the design of its Medicaid program, if […]
The Washington Post reports on the daunting task of enrolling 30 million Americans through the health insurance exchanges that will be in place in 2014. During the enrollment period from October 1, 2013, through March 2014, states will have to enroll thousands of people each day. States are hiring navigators and assisters to help with […]
In an online “Opinionator” piece in the New York Times, Ezekiel J. Emanuel makes a case for bending the health care cost curve to spur economic growth. Dr. Emanuel reminds the reader the bending the cost curve means preventing the day when health care spending reaches $4 trillion annually, compared to $2.8 trillion last year, […]
In 2008, Barack Obama promised to increase patients’ access to clinical trials for new drugs by requiring coverage of patient clinical trial costs in the new public and private plans offered through the National Health Insurance Exchange. PolitiFact spoke with several patient advocates, including Shelley Fuld Nasso, a health policy consultant for NCCS, to determine if […]
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