By Cindy Gillespie Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up. Click here for our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Last week, the Oversight Committee asked IRS for… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Weekly Health Policy Update: ACA Implementation Forums, SAMHSA Grants, and HHS Funding
Posted in Health PolicyBy Cindy Gillespie Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up. Click here for our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Last week, HHS kicked off its Affordable Care… Continue Reading
The Role Natural Gas Can Play in Reducing U.S. and Global GHG Emissions
Posted in Energy PolicyBy Andrew Shaw Earlier this month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) released a report that found that energy-related carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions fell in the first quarter of 2012 to their lowest level since 1992. Moreover, U.S. CO2 emissions in the first quarter fell by almost 8% compared to the first quarter of 2011…. Continue Reading
Weekly Health Policy Update: New Rules for Electronic Funds, CCIIO Review Request, and Exchanging Planning Developments
Posted in Health PolicyBy Cindy Gillespie Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up. Click here for our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Last week, HHS released rules for electronic… Continue Reading
Weekly Health Policy Update: Agreement on Tax Provisions, 5 Hospitals to Participate in APRN Demonstration, and Federal Exchange Update
Posted in Health PolicyBy Cindy Gillespie Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up. Click here for our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Last week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT)… Continue Reading
Department of Commerce Announces August 22 and 29 Data Privacy Meetings
Posted in Data PrivacyBy Dan Caprio The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently held its inaugural meeting to begin implementing the Obama Administration Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. A variety of stakeholders from industry, consumer groups, government, academia, and the technical community began work toward crafting an enforceable code of conduct around mobile applications. While NTIA… Continue Reading