About Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher
Alex Montague, J.D., is a Health Policy Researcher for The Source on Healthcare Price and Competition. She currently works on the Database of State Laws Impacting Healthcare Cost and Quality (SLIHCQ) and conducts research regarding antitrust enforcement and state regulation of provider contracts. Alex graduated from UC Hastings in 2019 with a concentration in Law and Health Sciences. At UC Hastings, she was the Executive Supervising Editor of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and a Research Assistant for Professor Jaime King. As a Research Assistant, Alex assisted Professor King with the research on health care economics, supply and demand side legislative tools for health care reform, the Affordable Care Act, and cross-market mergers. Alex received a CALI Award for Academic Excellence in the Health Law Concentration Seminar for her paper on the First Amendment in health care. Prior to law school Alex worked for the Blue Mountain Action Council in Washington as a Pro Bono Legal Advocate and an Americorps Member. Alex earned her BA from Whitman College where she majored in Politics and Environmental Studies.Spotlight on State: Georgia
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher March 8, 2021
This is part of a series of summaries that highlight notable legislation and initiatives in health policy and reform of all 50 states. Check back on The Source as we roll out additional states each week. See Georgia page. Georgia has made significant strides in legislative efforts to promote healthcare price transparency in recent sessions. The state enacted legislation in 2020 that lays the groundwork for an all-payer claims database (APCD). The law establishes an APCD advisory committee, funding for the APCD, design criteria, operation, and noncompliance penalties. The legislature […]
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The Source Roundup: March 2021 Edition
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher March 1, 2021
Happy March! This month’s roundup focuses on health policy pieces and reports that examine 1) the future of value-based care, 2) the efficacy of various policy options to address healthcare prices, including increasing price transparency and market competition, 3) comparisons of brand-name drug prices, and 4) the impact of the Affordable Care Act on uninsured young adults. Valued-Based Reform In a white paper published this past month, The Future of Value-Based Payment: A Road Map to 2030, researchers from the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University […]
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The Source Roundup: February 2021 Edition
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher February 1, 2021
With the inauguration of a new administration in the White House, discussions ramped up on the future of health care and new legislative and regulatory possibilities. This month’s Roundup begins with three articles that look at ways to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as well as the potential for more significant health reform through the implementation of a public option. On the price transparency front, we cover a report that looks at the effect of New Jersey’s final-offer arbitration system for resolving surprise billing disputes and the new price […]
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The Source Roundup: January 2021 Edition
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher January 4, 2021
Happy New Year Source readers! In this month’s roundup, we take a look back at the last health policy articles of 2020 and look ahead to what 2021 holds. These pieces examine the continuing rise of national healthcare spending, the impacts of health market consolidation under the guise of healthcare delivery integration, the importance of state-level all-claims payer databases (APCDs), and the potential healthcare system reforms under the Biden administration. Healthcare Costs Underpinning most topics in this roundup is the issue of healthcare costs, prices, and spending. According to […]
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Expanding Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners in California: AB 890 Compromises to Permit Independent Practice
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher December 15, 2020
This legislative session, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 890, legislation that expands the existing scope of practice laws for nurse practitioners (NPs).[1] The law brings California in line with over half of the states in the U.S. by permitting NPs to practice independently and to the full extent of their training and education. As demand for healthcare workers continues to surge with the number of COVID-19 cases in this country, AB 890 helps pave the way for more healthcare providers to provide crucial care where it is needed. This […]
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The Source Roundup: November 2020 Edition
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher November 2, 2020
This month’s roundup arrives in the wake of the confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice, the final days of the 2020 presidential election, and record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 cases. In light of this historic time, we highlight articles and reports about the implications of the Supreme Court’s new dynamics for healthcare policy, health insurance coverage and affordability as discussed during the 2020 election, and the COVID-19 pandemic’s continuing impact on healthcare costs and coverage. We also look at the continuing effect of increasing consolidation in both the insurer and […]
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The Source Roundup: October 2020 Edition
Alex Montague, Health Policy Researcher October 1, 2020
With the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and nomination of Amy Coney Barret to the Supreme Court just weeks before the presidential election, many are turning their attention to health care and the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With this backdrop, this month’s Source Roundup looks at 1) what is at stake as the ACA faces the Supreme Court again in California v. Texas, 2) new information about rising healthcare prices, 3) anticompetitive contract practices between providers and insurers, and 4) the potential of a public option […]
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