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Stopgap funding bill includes PBM reforms, preserves telehealth flexibility

Statement from Ted Okon, executive director, Community Oncology Alliance (COA) WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) implores Congress to pass the continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded, while also averting damaging Medicare payment cuts, extending critical telehealth flexibilities, and starting to curb pharmacy benefit (PBM) abuses. This will set the stage …

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Congress Must Act Now to Avert Physician Pay Cuts and Start Major Action to Curb PBM Abuses

With only two weeks remaining in the year, Congress appears poised to pass a government funding deal (the “Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025”) that includes a welcome holiday gift for health care providers and patients – an expansive health care package that would extend certain telehealth flexibilities promulgated during the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) for an additional two …

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Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Two More Years

Congress released a stopgap funding bill with a significant healthcare package, and provider groups are reacting favorably. They are mainly applauding provisions that reign in PBMs’ business practices, extend telehealth flexibilities, and boost payments to hospitals and physicians. The post How Did Provider Groups React to Congress’ End-of-Year Healthcare Package? appeared first on MedCity News.

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How Did Provider Groups React to Congress’ End-of-Year Healthcare Package?

This week, Congress released a stopgap funding bill that included a significant healthcare package. Provider groups are reacting favorably to the package, mainly due to provisions that go after pharmacy benefit managers, extend telehealth flexibilities and increase payments to hospitals and physicians.PBM reformThe legislation proposes changes that would reign in pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices. Specifically, it would require PBMs …

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Health care organizations respond to ‘mixed bag’ bill.

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Telehealth, PBM reforms part of House year-end spending plan

The American Pharmacists Association announced the inclusion of pharmacist-backed PBM reform in Congress’ end of the year spending package.

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Long-Awaited PBM Reform Included in Congress’ End-of-Year Spending Package

The term “stopgap” is defined as “a temporary way of dealing with a problem, and something used as an emergency measure until something better can be found.”As of this writing, we are within a few days of yet another government shutdown. By Friday, Dec. 20, Congress needs to pass a continuing resolution to push the deadline forward again – “continuing resolution” is a polite euphemism for a stopgap measure, or a temporary, emergency method for d…

Stopgap funding bill includes PBM reforms, preserves telehealth flexibility

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