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As States Move to Legalize Cannabis, Potency Left Unregulated
New research in American Journal of Preventive Medicine led by USC health economist Rosalie Liccardo Pacula finds that single use purchases of cannabis in states that have legalized typically allow for enough THC to supply a daily user for an entire month or more.
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Medicare Payment for Physician-Administered (Part B) Drugs: The Interim Final Rule and a Better Way Forward
A look at how policymakers can reform an interim-final rule to use Medicare’s demonstration authority under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to make large reductions in the amounts it pays physicians for high-cost medicines they administer under Part B.
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Understanding the No Surprises Act
A look at the No Surprise Act, a new federal law that ends surprise out-of-network billing. The law was passed late last year as part of the omnibus bill.
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Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System
Eliminating administrative expense has the benefit of lowering health care costs without affecting spending on patient care.
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How Can the Biden Administration Improve the Medicaid Program?
The panel will examine options to improve Medicaid eligibility rules, enrollment processes, and benefit designs, as well as approaches that could improve the quality and efficiency of the care delivered to Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Legalizing Marijuana, once a Pipe Dream on Capitol Hill, Takes an Important Step Forward
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula writes about strengths and weakness in the MORE Act along with additional policy ideas that could strengthen regulation and better protect consumers.
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Capping Prices or Creating a Public Option: How Would They Change What We Pay for Healthcare?
Sharp and large differences in prices for commercial health insurers and Medicare have led some policymakers to propose a larger public role in determining provider prices in commercial coverage.
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Understanding The Latest ACO “Savings”: Curb Your Enthusiasm And Sharpen Your Pencils—Part 2
In this post, the authors lay out key considerations for improving the MSSP over the long haul with the objective of helping get a repeatedly derailed conversation back on track.
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Understanding The Latest ACO “Savings”: Curb Your Enthusiasm And Sharpen Your Pencils—Part 1
Did the MSSP save Medicare $1.2 billion in 2019? No—not even close. Might the true net savings be close to zero? Quite possibly.
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Federal Policy Options to Realize the Potential of All Payer Claims Databases
An all-payer claims database (APCD) is a system that collects health care claims and related data from all (or nearly all) entities that pay for health care services in a geographic area, including private and public health plans.