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3 08, 2021

New on The Source: Downloadable Chart of Merger Review Legal Authority for All 50 States

Newly available on the Source: our health policy research team compiled a user-friendly, downloadable Excel spreadsheet of all provider merger review authority for all 50 states, now on the Market Consolidation interactive key issue page. The detailed chart provides clickable citations of all statutes, regulations, and state authority for mergers, acquisitions, conversions, or changes in ownership of healthcare providers. The comprehensive spreadsheet allows side-by-side comparisons of the level of legal authority for each state to receive notice of impending transactions, review those transactions, and approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove them. It is conveniently organized [...]

New on The Source: Downloadable Chart of Merger Review Legal Authority for All 50 States
21 07, 2021

Spotlight on State: Alaska

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 Alaska page. According to data from the Council for Community and Economic Research, health services in Alaska are 70 – 200 percent more expensive than the national average. Many pressures influence Alaska’s health-care costs. They include expenses related to recruiting providers from out of state, lack of competition, the state’s small population. In 2016, Alaska passed a law [...]

Spotlight on State: Alaska
30 06, 2021

SB 78

An Act relating to telehealth: A health care provider may provide treatment, render a diagnosis, or prescribe, dispense, or administer a prescription, excluding a controlled substance listed under AS 11.71.140 - 11.71.190, through telehealth as defined in AS 47.05.270(e), without first conducting an in-person physical examination, under certain circumstances

SB 78
16 04, 2021

HB 29

A health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, or renews in the state a health care insurance plan in the group or individual market that provides mental health benefits shall provide coverage for mental health benefits provided through telehealth by a health care provider licensed in this state and may not require that prior in-person contact occur between a health care provider and a patient before payment is made for covered services.

HB 29
16 04, 2021

HB 92

An Act exempting direct health care agreements from regulation as insurance; establishing a direct care payment program for medical assistance recipients; and providing for an effective date. Describes the health care services to be provided by the health care provider to the patient in exchange for payment of a periodic fee; allows the health care provider or the patient to terminate the agreement in writing, without penalty or payment of a termination fee, at any time or after notice of not more than 60 days, as specified in the agreement.

HB 92
16 04, 2021

HB 135 (see companion bill SB 112)

An Act relating to medical assistance for needy persons; relating to material incorporated by reference; relating to payment for prescribed drugs; and providing for an effective date. All residents of the state for whom the Social Security Act requires Medicaid coverage are eligible to receive medical assistance under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p (Title XIX, Social Security Act), except the department is not required to cover individuals who are eligible for medical assistance under this section as a result of the expansion authorized by P.L. 111-148 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)

HB 135 (see companion bill SB 112)
16 04, 2021

SB 112 (see companion bill HB 135)

An Act relating to medical assistance for needy persons; relating to material incorporated by reference; relating to payment for prescribed drugs; and providing for an effective date. All residents of the state for whom the Social Security Act requires Medicaid coverage are eligible to receive medical assistance under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p (Title XIX, Social Security Act), except the department is not required to cover individuals who are eligible for medical assistance under this section as a result of the expansion authorized by P.L. 111-148 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)

SB 112 (see companion bill HB 135)
16 04, 2021

SB 44

An Act relating to the prescription of drugs by a physician assistant without physical examination; relating to prescription drugs under the medical assistance program; and providing for an effective date.

SB 44
16 04, 2021

HB 97

An Act relating to the prescription of drugs by a physician assistant without physical examination

HB 97
16 04, 2021

HB 229 (see companion bill SB 201)

An Act establishing the Alaska Health Care Transformation Corporation; relating to an all-payer claims database; and providing for an effective date.

HB 229 (see companion bill SB 201)
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