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The Use of Vendors in Medicare Part B Drug Payment
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative experts provide an analysis of a voluntary vendor approach for Medicare to restrain drug spending for Part B drugs.
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Rep. Ruiz’s Arbitration Proposal For Surprise Billing (H.R. 3502) Would Lead To Much Higher Costs And Deficits
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative researchers review the latest proposed legislation from Representative Ruiz on surprise medical billing.
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CMS’s International Pricing Model for Medicare Part B Drugs: Implementation Issues
To lower the Part B portion of drug spending, the Trump Administration has proposed a demonstration project tying Medicare reimbursement for outpatient, physician-administered drugs to international prices. Paul Ginsburg and Steven Lieberman explore the potential consequences of such a rule.
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We Need More Primary Care Physicians: Here’s Why and How
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative researchers explain why we need more primary care physicians and how to close the gap between primary care and specialty medicine.
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The Initiative is a partnership between the Center for Health Policy at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, and aims to inform the national health care debate with rigorous, evidence-based analysis leading to practical recommendations using the collaborative strengths of USC and Brookings.
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Work from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
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Federal Surprise Billing Legislation Does Not Violate the Constitution
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative Fellow Christen Young breaks down the Constitutional challenges raised against surprise billing legislation and why they are likely to fail.
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Insurance Status Churn and Auto-Enrollment
Sobin Lee and Christen Linke Young of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative estimate how effective prior-month data about the uninsured would be in predicting the number of individuals currently uninsured.
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The Trump Administration’s Final HRA Rule: Similar to the Proposed but Some Notable Choices
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative fellows analyze the Trump Administration’s final rule on allowing employers to pay for their workers’ health insurance through subsidies on the individual market, concluding that it is a step in the wrong direction.
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Three Ways to Make Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment Work
Successful auto-enrollment likely requires changes to the way we determine eligibility for Medicaid and Marketplace financial assistance, to make the system easier to navigate and more generous, writes USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative Fellow Christen Linke Young.
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Comments on the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019
Experts from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy provide comments on the Senate HELP committee’s latest bipartisan attempt to lower healthcare costs.
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Comments on the No Surprises Act
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative experts provide comments on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s recently proposed legislation to address surprise medical billing.