The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following news:. By Paul N. Van de Water, Senior Fellow. In urging Congress to create risk corridor programs for the commercial market and Medicare Advantage, the major health insurer associations wrote that these programs were needed due to “extraordinary, unanticipated costs related to COVID-19.”
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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise spoke with the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to reiterate his support for the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant application for LA Highway 1. “Today I had another very positive conversation with Secretary Chao to reiterate the national importance of Louisiana's LA Highway 1 and to…
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David DeVillers, issued the following news release:. Altimate Care LLC has agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve claims that the company improperly billed government health insurance programs including Medicare and Ohio Medicaid for services the company provided between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2018.
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release:. The National Council of Insurance Legislators announced that is applauds the introduction of the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020, which was formally introduced on Friday, May 22nd. Also, while PRIA would provide a backstop for losses after its passage, it is imperative…
May 29– UPMC is slated to get more than $1 billion in aid from the federal government as Pennsylvania's largest hospital system confronts volume plunging by 70% during the pandemic-spurred shutdown. UPMC ended the first three months of this year with a $41 million total operating loss– compared to a $44 million operating gain by the same time last year.
May 29– South Florida saw some of the worst flooding in years this week. And while much of the water has receded, the heavy rain over several days left damage in its wake. Perhaps your roof is leaking.
Congressman Vicente Gonzalez joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 125 Senators and Members of Congress in a letter to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor calling on the administration to ensure National Guard personnel who are serving on the front lines of the…
Ron Estes, R- Kansas, issued the following news release:. Congressman Ron Estes applauded the Trump administration's negotiations of a $35- per-month co-pay cap for most seniors on Medicare. Ron Estes is a 5th generation Kansan and represents Kansas' 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Harvard Medical School issued the following news:. States that have adopted gender-minority nondiscrimination rules for private health insurance policies slowed an epidemic of mental illness, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts among transgender and gender-diverse people, compared with states that do not offer such protections, according to new…
Note: According to InsideHealthPolicy, America's Health Insurance Plans, the main health insurance lobby, said some insurers are extending their offers of free coronavirus care beyond their original deadlines at the end of May and June following a Public Citizen report issued yesterday. Additionally, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association announced that…
President Donald Trump's vaccine czar- who has extensive ties to the pharmaceutical industry- should be subject to conflict of interest and disclosure rules, Public Citizen and Lower Drug Prices Now said in a complaint filed. In the complaint, filed with the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Government…
The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 28:. Demographic and location data about the people applying for unemployment insurance benefits in April was published by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. In April, the Commerce Department's Division of Employment Security received 494,728 initial claims for…
Chellie Pingree, D- Maine, issued the following news release:. “USDOL guidance… does not provide needed flexibility to the states and would prohibit the Maine Department of Labor from requiring reimbursing employers to cover 50 percent of the cost of claims up front and drawing down the remaining 50 percent from USDOL directly,” the delegation wrote.
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced $40,563,208.73 of federal flood recovery resources to repair damages at Denham Springs Elementary School, Southside Elementary School, Southside Junior High School and for system-wide school contents replacement needs resulting from Louisiana's Great Flood of 2016. The Federal Emergency Management Agency…
May 29– Not long after moving to its new home in Forest Park, Sarah's Inn was awarded a $10,000 emergency community support grant by two national insurance firms. On May 22, Sarah's Inn announced it had received the donation from the Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance companies, while the nomination came from Cathy Hall of Forest Insurance.
GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, May 29– The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. Communications systems used to handle emergencies on the island as well as several Puerto Rico Police buildings will benefit from over $1.6 million in grants awarded under FEMA's Public Assistance program.
InsuResilience Solutions Fund Grant to improve resilience of micro-entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers in Colombia against natural disasters and extreme weather events. With the objective to support the development of index-based insurance for micro-entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers in Colombia, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management,…
Martin Heinrich, D- New Mexico, issued the following news release:. U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined 33 Senate Democrats to release a plan to dramatically expand access to health insurance for all Americans and cover all COVID-19 treatment costs amid the current pandemic. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Mexico…
Ron Wyden, D- Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news:. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D- Ore., asked federal watchdogs to review the prevalence and consequences of insurance companies subcontracting mental health service coverage to a different insurance company. In a letter to the…
