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Reconciliation bill posted
I’ve added a link to the new 153-page House reconciliation bill. See it here. I’ve also updated the House tab and added a Table of Contents for the new bill. Watch here for substantive commentary on its provisions.
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Current status – March 18, 2010
See this post in The Hill for current status of the reconciliation bill in the House of Representatives.
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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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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 law firm of Mintz Levin has published a nice summary of provisions in the House and Senate bills intended to combat fraud and abuse. See it here.
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Effective Compliance and Ethics Programs Most healthcare providers are not required by current law to have broad-based compliance and ethics programs – although they are strongly encouraged. Under Healthcare Reform, the HHS Secretary in consultation with the Office of Inspector General (OIG ) must adopt regulations requiring nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and “nursing […]
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Current law provides that the federal government can impose civil money penalties on a nursing home found to have violated various quality, safety or operational standards. The House bill would replace the existing penalties of up to $10,000 per day with a sliding scale for per-day violations, as follows – Where there is a finding […]
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Large chunks of any new health reform law are not designed to go into effect until 2013 or later – but both the House and the Senate bills provide some immediate help for those who currently lack healthcare coverage. Here is a summary of key provisions in the bills.
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