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Tackling Rising Prescription Drug Costs- a report on state and federal efforts
On March 29 th , subject matter experts from Health Policy News held a webinar and Q&A to discuss efforts at the state and federal level to address the rising cost of prescription drugs. Many states are in the midst of their legislative cycles, with the issue of rising pharmaceutical costs on ag...
/news-perspectives/tackling-rising-prescription-drug-costs-a-report-on-state-and-federal-efforts/PCG Acquires Hornby Zeller Associates, Inc. (HZA)
Boston, MA. March 20, 2018 – Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG) announced today that its public sector research and IT solutions practice is growing with the acquisition of Hornby Zeller Associates, Inc. (HZA). Based in Troy, New York and with offices in three states, HZA is a leader in using rigor...
/news-perspectives/pcg-acquires-hornby-zeller-associates-inc-hza/Human Services - Incident Management
State and local human services organizations have an obligation to ensure the safety of vulnerable individuals under their care. Unfortunately, insufficient oversight related to out-of-date policies or inadequate systems can leave this obligation unfulfilled. Two federal reports issued in January 20...
/news-perspectives/human-services-incident-management/CDC issues new report on the growing opioid crisis
On March 6, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report which shows that from July 2016 - September 2017, hospital emergency department visits for opioid overdoses rose about 30 percent in 52 reporting jurisdictions in 45 states. They rose 54 percent in large cities,...
/news-perspectives/cdc-issues-new-report-on-the-growing-opioid-crisis/A New Era of Charitable Contributions
A recent article in Governing Daily indicates that the recent tax law “could result in a $1 billion blow to social services.” This is a potentially huge loss of income for nonprofits organizations, many of whom serve abused and neglected children within the child protection system. The article indic...
/news-perspectives/a-new-era-of-charitable-contributions/Twenty state attorneys general file federal lawsuit claiming elimination of mandate penalty renders the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional
On Monday, February 26, 2018, twenty states, led by the attorneys general of Texas and Wisconsin, sued officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), alleging that the law revoking the penalty aspect of the ACA’s individual mandate rendere...
/news-perspectives/twenty-state-attorneys-general-file-federal-lawsuit-claiming-elimination-of-mandate-penalty-renders-the-affordable-care-act-aca-unconstitutional/Kentucky governor files lawsuit in defense of Medicaid work requirement
On February 23, 2018, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky requesting that the court uphold the state’s newly imposed Medicaid work requirement. The lawsuit was filed in response to the lawsuit previously filed in the U.S. Distr...
/news-perspectives/kentucky-governor-files-lawsuit-in-defense-of-medicaid-work-requirement/GAO recommends improved Medicaid waiver evaluations
On February 20, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report recommending changes in federal policies and procedures governing state-operated Medicaid demonstration waiver projects. These projects represent the leading edge in state Medicaid innovation as well as over $109 bill...
/news-perspectives/gao-recommends-improved-medicaid-waiver-evaluations/New federal grant opportunity to support state efforts to strengthen the private health insurance market
On February 5, 2018, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity to support states as they implement several of the market reforms and consumer protections under Title I of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This grant program is a fol...
/news-perspectives/new-federal-grant-opportunity-to-support-state-efforts-to-strengthen-the-private-health-insurance-market/Administration budget proposal includes health care changes
The administration released its budget proposal on February 12, 2018. As expected, the proposal includes a number of changes related to health care. The budget plan revives the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal, with a proposal similar to the Graham Cassidy Heller Johnson bill. Specifically, the budg...
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