Healthcare Policy Brief: April 14, 2021
Will we see multiple reconciliation bills?, a wild card scenario explored; multiple reconciliation bills, now what?, surprise medical billing update and preemption, the Advanced Explanation of Benefits (AEOB).

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Q&A
Who is responsible for funding the premium for COBRA between April 1-September 30, 2021? This question came up on the March 17 Policy Forum. Here's the response from Spring Street Exchange.

Healthcare Policy Unpacked: Episode 3
The first set of regulations implementing portions of the No Surprises Act should be released on July 1 with a January 2022 effective date. The regulations will focus on how health plans should identify the in-network median rate for a particular medical item or service in a geographic area, including what the geographic areas will be. Chris Condeluci walks through the new surprise medical billing payment process, what the impact is on states that already enacted a surprise billing law, and the provisions included in the No Surprises Act that are not necessarily tied to the surprise billing payment requirements.

Healthcare Policy Brief: March 25, 2021
An update on the Biden Administration, ACA Exchange, healthcare policy and prescription drug reforms.

Recording: HPA Exec Leaders Exclusive: Health policy and regulatory changes we anticipate in 2021 and beyond
Open exclusively to health plan executive leaders, and moderated by Alliance chief experience officer Dennis Bolin, this executive briefing for top health plan leaders is structured to provide both an information-packed executive briefing and discussion in an intimate space. We’ll get the latest inside information from our colleagues with Spring Street Exchange as they guide us through the policy and regulatory changes most likely to become enacted in 2021.

Presentation: HPA Exec Leaders Exclusive: Health policy and regulatory changes we anticipate in 2021 and beyond
Open exclusively to health plan executive leaders, and moderated by Alliance chief experience officer Dennis Bolin, this executive briefing for top health plan leaders is structured to provide both an information-packed executive briefing and discussion in an intimate space. Weâ??ll get the latest inside information from our colleagues with Spring Street Exchange as they guide us through the policy and regulatory changes most likely to become enacted in 2021.

Healthcare Policy Unpacked: Episode 2
On Wednesday, March 10, Congress passed a $1.9 trillion COVID Stimulus package. In this episode, policy insider, Chris Condeluci, JD, LLM, unpacks the healthcare provisions that are now law (Medicaid expansion incentives, federal COBRA subsidies and enhanced premium subsidies), the implications for regional health plans and what to expect from the Biden administration on healthcare policy over the next several months.

Healthcare Policy Brief: March 4, 2021
Chris summarizes the federal COBRA subsidies included in the COVID Stimulus Package and reminds us that increasing the ACA’s premium subsidies and eliminating the income limit for subsidy eligibility are only temporary. How will increasing the premium subsidies and eliminating the income limit for subsidy eligibility impact coverage, affordability, and cost to the federal government? Will these temporary proposals be made permanent?

Healthcare Policy Brief: February 19, 2020
What we might see in the COVID Reconciliation Stimulus Package, keep your eye on this Senate precedent, the probability of a Healthcare Reconciliation Bill later this year, ACA Exchange Update - President Biden issues his healthcare executive order and other items in the executive order.

Healthcare Policy Unpacked: Episode 1
Welcome to Healthcare Policy Unpacked, an Alliance member-only podcast, produced in partnership with Spring Street Exchange and policy insider Chris Condeluci, JM, LLM. In this episode, Dennis Bolin and Chris discuss if Congressional Democrats will enact a COVID Stimulus Package using the "reconciliation" process, how the COVID Stimulus Package will impact regional health plans, what this means for a possible "healthcare reconciliation" bill later in 2021 and what might be included in a "healthcare reconciliation" bill.

Healthcare Policy Brief: February 5, 2021
A surprise medical billing fix finally gets through Congress, the debate over finding a surprise medical billing fix, the importance of the rulemaking process, examination of rules and requirements associated with the surprise medical billing legislation, transparency-related provisions included in the end-of-year legislation.

Healthcare Policy Brief: January 21, 2021
Election and healthcare policy update, the path to 51 votes, what can be done through reconciliation?, what in the Biden healthcare plan will make it into a reconciliation bill?, a super important part of the reconciliation analysis: adding offsets, how could the democrats do it?