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All Rights Reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 11/27/2016 8:56:58 AM In an article for Inside Health Insurance Exchanges, FaegreBD Consulting senior director Mike Adelberg explained how President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican leaders in Congress may be able to gut the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a full... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-aca-repeal-with-inside-health-insurance-exchanges 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Drug Topics, FaegreBD Consulting principal Libby Baney explained how healthcare providers can enroll in educational courses to learn about the dangers of illegal online pharmacies and better understand how to source medications... http://faegrebdc.com/libby-baney-discusses-how-to-bridge-online-pharmacy-methods-with 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for STAT News, FaegreBD Consulting chair Dave Zook discussed possible steps that the Trump administration could take in order to enact meaningful change amidst the growing drug addiction concerns. http://faegrebdc.com/dave-zook-discusses-plans-to-fix-drug-addiction-in-america 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Medicare Advantage News, FaegreBD Consulting senior director Mike Adelberg shared his thoughts on the recent decision of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to cap expansion of the so-called “seamless enrollment”... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-cms-complaints-with-medicare-advantage-news 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for The Hill, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg explained how the exchange market may stabilize in 2017 “if the administration is successful in bringing in a million new younger and healthier enrollees during open... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-final-obamacare-push-with-the-hill 27 Oct 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for The Times of Northwest Indiana, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Bo Kemp shared that the city of Gary, Ind. has begun a project to create a large landfill for construction and demolition debris that will serve a large area in... http://faegrebdc.com/bo-kemp-discusses-possible-landfill-in-gary-ind-with-the 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article with the American Pharmacists Association, FaegreBD Consulting principal and Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies–Global (ASOP Global) executive director Libby Baney shared information about a recent free online course that ASOP offered... http://faegrebdc.com/libby-baney-discusses-illegal-online-drug-sellers-with-the-american 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Medicare Advantage News, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg explained how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seem to be making two points with stricter regulations for both Medicare Advantage and... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-cms-fines-with-medicare-advantage-news 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for The Hill, FaegreBD Consulting Director Jennifer Hallowell shared her thoughts on the unexpected competition that has developed for the open Indiana Senate seat. http://faegrebdc.com/jennifer-hallowell-discusses-the-race-for-indiana-senate-with-the 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Inside CMS, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg commented on the news that health care insurers will not receive any money under the risk corridor program for 2015 because the collected money is going towards benefit... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-2015-risk-corridor-funding-with-inside-cms 22 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for The Times of Northwest Indiana, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Bo Kemp explained how a new industrial park would be a great resource to show companies who are interested in moving to Gary. http://faegrebdc.com/bo-kemp-discusses-garys-plans-for-new-industrial-park-with 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Medicare Advantage News, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg shared his thoughts on a recent decision by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to lower its highest star rating to 2.5 stars for contracts... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-cms-star-ratings-with-medicare-advantage-news 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for the The New York Times, used a quote from FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg from a Vox article where he discussed the shrinking Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace and its resemblance to similar... http://faegrebdc.com/the-new-york-times-picks-up-quotes-from-mike-adelberg 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for The Atlantic, Faegre Baker Daniels counsel Libby Baney shared her concerns for transgender people who purchase drugs from online pharmacies. She warned that about a half of these online pharmacies are selling counterfeit drugs. http://faegrebdc.com/libby-baney-quoted-in-the-atlantic-about-online-pharmacies-and 06 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Inside CMS, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg shared his thoughts on why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to reduce its new provider network rating initiative for the federally-run... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-quoted-in-inside-cms-about-new-network-rating 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00:000 With multiple large insurers leaving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, some are questioning the possibility of a market failure. In many places in 2017, the ACA marketplace will offer fewer consumers extensive options or rich benefits. In... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-quoted-in-vox-on-affordable-care-act-successes 29 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 The federal government recently blocked insurance giant, Aetna, from acquiring Humana which may have contributed to Aetna's decision to drop 70 percent of its health plans in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) markets. Amid continued losses, Aetna and... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-quoted-in-modern-healthcare-about-aca-risk-adjustment 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg contributed several quotes to a recent edition of Medicare Advantage News where he discussed two different topics surrounding changes in the Medicare marketplace. In one article, Adelberg shared... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-quoted-in-medicare-advantage-news-about-cms-secret 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 With major health insurers such as Aetna and UnitedHealthcare scaling back participation in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchanges, the future of these marketplaces has been called into question. In an article for The Hill... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-quoted-in-the-hill-about-insurers-exiting-aca 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 In a recent Health Affairs Blog essay with professor Nicholas Bagley of the University of Michigan law school, FaegreBD Consulting Senior Director Mike Adelberg broke down the premium stabilization programs of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that... http://faegrebdc.com/la-times-and-politico-pick-up-mike-adelbergs-affordable-care 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 CMS has implemented a new policy where Medicare Advantage plans’ entire provider networks undergo review when requesting service area expansions. As Mike Adelberg, senior director for FaegreBD Consulting, explained in Medicare Advantage News, this... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-cmss-new-network-review-policy-in-medicare 09 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 Experts are predicting a drop in health insurer participation in Affordable Care Act (ACA) markets in the coming year, according to an article in Vox.com. Mike Adelberg, senior director for FaegreBD Consulting, told Vox that insurer participation... http://faegrebdc.com/long-term-prospects-promising-for-aca-exchanges-despite-competition-dip 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00:000 ​Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations may want to plan for a future in which they are required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ to hire independent auditors to confirm that they have remediated agency concerns. As Mike Adelberg... http://faegrebdc.com/mike-adelberg-discusses-medicare-advantage-audits-network-adequacy-in-medicare 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for Campaigns & Elections, FaegreBD Consulting Director Jennifer Hallowell described ways in which she believes Mike Pence will approach the campaign for Vice President of the United States. Hallowell considered his stature within the... http://faegrebdc.com/jennifer-hallowell-comments-on-mike-pence-as-vice-president-in 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00:000 In an article for U.S. News & World Report, FaegreBD Consulting Director Jennifer Hallowell explained how Mike Pence “adds some balance to the ticket in terms of style and personality.” Hallowell commented that some Republicans may have added... http://faegrebdc.com/jennifer-hallowell-discusses-how-pence-can-help-republican-ticket-with 14 Jul 2016 00:00:00:000 New marketing guidance released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) doesn’t contain any “game changers,” but health plans should take note of new requirements regarding agent-broker compensation and provider endorsements, Mike... http://faegrebdc.com/cms-tackles-endorsements-agent-broker-compensation-in-new-marketing-guidance 27 Jun 2016 00:00:00:000 Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting senior director Bo Kemp was quoted in The Times of Northwest Indiana about possible developments in Gary, Indiana near the airport. He has been helping to spearhead economic development efforts in the area. Kemp... http://faegrebdc.com/bo-kemp-quoted-in-the-times-of-northwest-indiana-about 22 Jun 2016 00:00:00:000 ​The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is not slowing its efforts to capture data on provider network adequacy. The agency recently unveiled a policy that will require Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to report on mid-year provider... http://faegrebdc.com/cms-continues-data-driven-approach-to-optimizing-network-oversight 08 Jun 2016 00:00:00:000 In a May 9 report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for failing to recover overcharges stemming from faulty payment coding in the Medicare Advantage (MA) Risk Adjustment... http://faegrebdc.com/expect-changes-to-risk-adjustment-oversight-as-cms-feels-heat 31 May 2016 00:00:00:000 Special enrollment periods (SEPs) allow people to enroll in health care coverage outside of general enrollment windows if they can cite life-changing events such as the birth of a child, job loss or a permanent move. Insurance carriers have... http://faegrebdc.com/new-cms-rule-addresses-potential-gaming-of-special-enrollment-period 24 May 2016 00:00:00:000