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The Oklahoma Health Care Authority ( OKHCA) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma responsible for providing health insurance benefits for the state's SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid) members. The authority is the state-level counterpart to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . The authority is led by a board of directors ...
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) was introduced by Congressman Ron Wyden from Oregon.(Title 42 of the United States Code, Sections 11101 - 11152) It followed a federal antitrust suit by a surgeon against an Astoria hospital and members of its clinic in which he claimed antitrust actions were effected through the mechanism of peer review in the hospital.
Status: Current legislation. The Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act (63 O.S. § 6101-6804), often referred to as the Health Emergency Act, is an Oklahoma state law that details the response to a catastrophic health emergency in Oklahoma created as a result of a nuclear weapon, bioterrorism, a chemical weapon or other biological toxin.
Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic agenda Friday, and much of her plan involves taking the health care accomplishments made by the Biden administration further. Speaking in North ...
August 16, 2024 at 9:57 AM. Haywood Park Community Hospital was the closest hospital for many in Brownsville, Tennessee, a rural city in the eastern part of the state. Some residents believe it ...
August 15, 2024 at 11:08 AM. Scott Olson/Getty Images. Medicare’s new power to negotiate drug prices will lead to an estimated $6 billion in savings for the federal government and a $1.5 billion ...
No. 20-219, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) The Affordable Care Act ( ACA ), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.
Medicare Advantage ( Medicare Part C, MA) is a type of health plan offered by Medicare-approved private companies that must follow rules set by Medicare. Most Medicare Advantage Plans include drug coverage (Part D). Under Part C, Medicare pays a sponsor a fixed payment. The sponsor then pays for the health care expenses of enrollees.