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6-9-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... CAN filed comments this week with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed Medicare regulation creating Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). ACOs, which were mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), are groups of providers that receive bonus payments for ... more integrated and coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries. ACS CAN’s comments acknowledge the potential of ACOs to improve the health and quality of care of cancer patients, and encourage the administration to improve the regulation to better benefit families affected by ... of palliative care services as an integral component of ACOs and other proposed models. The comments also recommend that the Department of Health and Human Services more carefully consider several patient-specific issues in the regulation, such as:       Enhancing patient ...

6-9-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... CAN filed comments this week with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed Medicare regulation creating Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). ACOs, which were mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), are groups of providers that receive bonus payments for ... more integrated and coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries. ACS CAN’s comments acknowledge the potential of ACOs to improve the health and quality of care of cancer patients, and encourage the administration to improve the regulation to better benefit families affected by ... of palliative care services as an integral component of ACOs and other proposed models. The comments also recommend that the Department of Health and Human Services more carefully consider several patient-specific issues in the regulation, such as:       Enhancing patient ...

6-9-11 Affordable Care Act Update

... CAN filed comments this week with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed Medicare regulation creating Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). ACOs, which were mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), are groups of providers that receive bonus payments for ... more integrated and coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries. ACS CAN’s comments acknowledge the potential of ACOs to improve the health and quality of care of cancer patients, and encourage the administration to improve the regulation to better benefit families affected by ... of palliative care services as an integral component of ACOs and other proposed models. The comments also recommend that the Department of Health and Human Services more carefully consider several patient-specific issues in the regulation, such as:       Enhancing patient ...

President’s FY 22 Budget Focuses on Health Issues; Boosts Biomedical Research, Makes Permanent Increased Health Coverage Subsidies

... released its budget for FY 22 late last week. Included in the budget is an additional $9 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including $6.5 for the creation of a new department within the NIH called the Advanced Research Project Agency on Health (ARPA-H), which would be dedicated to accelerating the pace of biomedical research for rare and difficult to treat diseases, including ... and we would urge lawmakers to adequately fund these programs as part of the Center’s $8.7 billion budget.” Access “Affordable health care is essential for cancer patients, survivors and all those at risk for the disease. Making marketplace health plans more affordable through ...

Left Behind: Health and Hope in North Carolina

In Left Behind: Hope and Health in North Carolina, we meet three individuals who share their hopes for the future and worries about their health. Richard, Emma and Adrienne all earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, yet not enough to benefit from subsidies to purchase insurance, making access to health care difficult. Watch the trailer Watch the full film Meet the storytellers: Richard Richard and his wife Vickie own and work on their family farm ...

Guest Column: Affordable health insurance is still needed

... and medical advances beyond our wildest imagination. And yet, our lawmakers can’t work together to improve access to affordable and adequate health coverage in America and are, instead, considering proposals that could price people out of system. Current law protects patients and supports Louisiana’s health care system. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and the expansion of Medicaid in our state in 2016, Louisiana has enjoyed ...

Oklahoma House Advances Measures Threatening Public Health Initiative

... its constituents and advanced House Joint Resolutions 1050 and 1077 out of committee, putting at risk one of the state’s most effective public health initiatives. These proposals would significantly alter and undermine the voter-established Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust ... altogether. These sweeping changes not only hinder TSET’s work in the tobacco space but would also limit Oklahomans’ access to cancer care by slowing down Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program at the Stephenson Cancer Center. Diverting TSET funds would have a devastating impact on Oklahoma’s public health infrastructure and threatens to send the state further toward the bottom in overall health outcomes. The negative impact will be felt for ...

Oklahoma House Advances Measures Threatening Public Health Initiatives

... its constituents and advanced House Joint Resolutions 1050 and 1077 out of committee, putting at risk one of the state’s most effective public health initiatives. These proposals would significantly alter and undermine the voter-established Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust ... altogether. These sweeping changes not only hinder TSET’s work in the tobacco space but would also limit Oklahomans’ access to cancer care by slowing down Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program at the Stephenson Cancer Center. Diverting TSET funds would have a devastating impact on Oklahoma’s public health infrastructure and threatens to send the state further toward the bottom in overall health outcomes. The negative impact will be felt for ...

Failed Senate Repeal and Replace Vote an Opportunity to Address Nation’s Health Care System on Behalf of Families Affected by Cancer

... 28, 2017—Early this morning the U.S. Senate fell short of the votes needed to pass legislation that would have repealed parts of the current health care law, likely resulting in millions losing health insurance and patients paying more for less coverage. A statement from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network follows: ...

Leading Patient Advocacy Organizations Urge South Dakotans to Support Medicaid Expansion to Provide Health Care to More than 42,000 Residents

... have united to launch South Dakotans Decide Healthcare , an effort to let South Dakota voters determine if the state should expand Medicaid health care coverage to more than 42,000 of their fellow lower-income residents. The coalition—one of the broadest to ever launch a ballot measure in South Dakota—is collecting signatures statewide. South Dakota is one of 12 states that has not increased access to health care through Medicaid expansion. By offering coverage to individuals who make too much for Medicaid under the current eligibility ...

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