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Unraveling End-of-Year Healthcare Policy: Congress' Agenda and Challenges
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As we come to year-end, healthcare policy is in flux.
In episode 16 of Complications: Health Policy Unraveled, host Stephanie Kennan discusses the possible absence of an end-of-year healthcare package due to the appropriations process deadlines. She also discusses some of the initiatives Congress wants to do when they can do a healthcare package. Bills that could reshape the PBM industry significantly are stalled, and other issues that need to be addressed include site-neutral payment reforms, pending physician fee cuts, and behavioral health reforms. The episode wraps up with the announcement of several Congressional retirements affecting the healthcare policy landscape.
Meet Your Host
Name: Stephanie Kennan
Title: Senior Vice President, Federal Public Affairs at McGuireWoods Consulting
Specialty: Stephanie Kennan helps clients navigate the legislative and executive branches of the federal government to solve problems involving a variety of healthcare policy issues. Her work focuses on providers, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers and associations concerned about Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
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Episode Highlights
[00:42] An end-of-year healthcare package may not pass due to the appropriations process
[03:02] Healthcare legislation, such as legislation affecting PBMs, is awaiting action from Congress
[06:36] Site neutral payment reforms in Medicare are unclear
[08:06] Another issue in Medicare payment that needs to be addressed is physician fee cuts
[09:40] Congress has been working on several behavioral health reforms
[10:56] Congressional retirements have been announced that will impact health policy
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