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Recent Action in Healthcare Costs
HB 14 – Wyoming
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
AN ACT relating to the insurance code; requiring health insurers and contracted utilization review entities to follow prior authorization regulations as specified; providing legislative findings; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
SB 684 – West Virginia
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Setting medical loss ratio for managed care contracts with Bureau for Medical Services
SB 1508 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
This bill updates health care provisions. The Oregon Health Authority is to determine the types of health care services provided for recipients of medical assistance. Such assistance will be subjected to revisions and revisions based …
HB 2378 – Washington
Introduced: 2024 Status:
AN ACT Relating to facility fees charged by certain affiliated health care providers
SB 6161 – Washington
Introduced: 2024 Status:
AN ACT Relating to provider contract compensation; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating new sections.
SB 228 – Florida
Introduced: 2024 Status:
Health Insurance Cost Sharing: Defining the term “cost-sharing requirement”; requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ …
HB 363 – Florida
Introduced: 2024 Status:
Health Insurance Cost Sharing: Requires specified individual health insurers, group insurers, HMOs & their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments of prescription drugs by or on behalf of insureds & subscribers toward total contributions of …
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Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
AN ACT relating to the insurance code; requiring health insurers and contracted utilization review entities to follow prior authorization regulations as specified; providing legislative findings; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
SB 684 – West Virginia
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Setting medical loss ratio for managed care contracts with Bureau for Medical Services
SB 1508 – Oregon
Introduced: 2024 Status: Enacted
This bill updates health care provisions. The Oregon Health Authority is to determine the types of health care services provided for recipients of medical assistance. Such assistance will be subjected to revisions and revisions based …
HB 2378 – Washington
Introduced: 2024 Status:
AN ACT Relating to facility fees charged by certain affiliated health care providers
SB 6161 – Washington
Introduced: 2024 Status:
AN ACT Relating to provider contract compensation; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating new sections.
SB 228 – Florida
Introduced: 2024 Status:
Health Insurance Cost Sharing: Defining the term “cost-sharing requirement”; requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ …
HB 363 – Florida
Introduced: 2024 Status:
Health Insurance Cost Sharing: Requires specified individual health insurers, group insurers, HMOs & their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments of prescription drugs by or on behalf of insureds & subscribers toward total contributions of …
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Ross v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pennsylvania
District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …
Braidwood Management Inc., et al. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Pending
Braidwood Management, an organization that represents Christian businesses based in Texas, and a group of individuals from Texas filed a complaint to challenge parts of …
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers v. State of Ohio – Ohio
District Court: Common Pleas Court of Williams County Status: Decided
Ohio’s Healthcare Price Transparency Law, passed in June 2015 (HB 52) by the Ohio Legislature, has been challenged by health care providers arguing that the …
Minnesota v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC – Minnesota
District Court: District Court of New Jersey Status: Pending
Minnesota’s attorney general filed a suit accusing Sanofi, Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk, the three largest manufacturers of insulin, of price gouging. The lawsuit, filed in …
Herrera et al. v. JFK Medical Center et al. – Florida
District Court: M.D. Florida Status: Decided
In August 2014, plaintiffs filed a putative class action against multiple HCA-operated hospitals in Tampa, alleging they were charged unreasonable amounts for emergency radiological services. …
Alcon Labs., Inc. v. Cottrell – New Jersey
District Court: District of New Jersey Status: Decided
Consumers brought putative class action against manufacturers and distributors of prescription eye medication, alleging they packaged medication in such a way as to force consumers …
In re Express Scripts/Anthem ERISA Litigation – New York
District Court: Southern District of New York Status: Pending
The district court dismissed a proposed class action against Anthem Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. over drug pricing methods, holding that the companies can’t be …
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District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …
Braidwood Management Inc., et al. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Pending
Braidwood Management, an organization that represents Christian businesses based in Texas, and a group of individuals from Texas filed a complaint to challenge parts of …
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers v. State of Ohio – Ohio
District Court: Common Pleas Court of Williams County Status: Decided
Ohio’s Healthcare Price Transparency Law, passed in June 2015 (HB 52) by the Ohio Legislature, has been challenged by health care providers arguing that the …
Minnesota v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC – Minnesota
District Court: District Court of New Jersey Status: Pending
Minnesota’s attorney general filed a suit accusing Sanofi, Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk, the three largest manufacturers of insulin, of price gouging. The lawsuit, filed in …
Herrera et al. v. JFK Medical Center et al. – Florida
District Court: M.D. Florida Status: Decided
In August 2014, plaintiffs filed a putative class action against multiple HCA-operated hospitals in Tampa, alleging they were charged unreasonable amounts for emergency radiological services. …
Alcon Labs., Inc. v. Cottrell – New Jersey
District Court: District of New Jersey Status: Decided
Consumers brought putative class action against manufacturers and distributors of prescription eye medication, alleging they packaged medication in such a way as to force consumers …
In re Express Scripts/Anthem ERISA Litigation – New York
District Court: Southern District of New York Status: Pending
The district court dismissed a proposed class action against Anthem Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. over drug pricing methods, holding that the companies can’t be …
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