Where we’re going

The Cleveland Clinic announced that on November 17, 2022 it would begin billing patients’ insurance for messages that require five minutes or more of a healthcare provider’s time to answer.  The announcement provides: [S]tarting November 17, 2022, MyChart responses that require your provider’s clinical time and expertise to answer may be billed to your insurance. … Continued

The buzz around this year’s Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) National Conference & Expo was the status and outlook of the No Surprises Act (NSA) and the comprehensive legislation challenges to addressing surprise medical billing at the federal level. Most sections of the legislation went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, and the Departments of Health … Continued

New regulations will increase the annual deficit and national debt ultimately shouldered by taxpayers – today and tomorrow. The Biden Administration recently finalized regulations to extend taxpayer subsidized medical coverage to millions of Americans who may not have previously qualified for the subsidy. They accomplished this by updating the 2013 definition of “affordability” with respect … Continued