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Byline: Rachel Cohrs The prospects for President-elect Joe Biden's healthcare agenda are rosier after Democrats won two Senate seats in a special election in Georgia. Democrats after Jan. 20 will [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, providers have gained experience dealing with a limited ban on surprise billing. Those insights may prove useful when a broader ban takes [...]

Byline: Tara Bannow and Rachel Cohrs During his tenure as California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra has sought to revive competition in healthcare using lawsuits. As HHS chief, he'd have a [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs Facing a potentially divided government, Congress and the incoming Biden administration will have to table any ambitious and disruptive plans for health reform in exchange for more [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs Capturing the healthcare industry's mood following last week's Supreme Court hearing on the Affordable Care Act, Sean Marotta said the law's supporters 'should be feeling pretty good [...]

Byline: Michael Brady and Rachel Cohrs With leads in key battleground states, Joe Biden at deadline was on the cusp of winning the 270 electoral votes needed to become the [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs A greater share of hospitals' and nursing homes' political contributions have gone to Democrats in 2020 than in recent election cycles, according to campaign finance disclosures. Spending [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been one of the hospital industry's fiercest advocates in Congress and may soon rise to one of the most powerful perches [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs The complex business structure of some private equity-backed dermatology groups allowed them to receive millions in COVID-19 relief funds intended for small businesses, federal disclosures reveal. Lawmakers [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs While the presidential race likely will be top of mind for voters, the November election will also decide legislative agendas in Congress and in the states. Down-ballot [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs As the fireworks displays dissipated, the muted fanfare of live-streamed party conventions left questions important to the healthcare industry unanswered heading into the presidential race's home stretch. [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs Gilead Sciences is factoring potential savings to hospitals into its pricing decision for a promising COVID-19 treatment, but hospitals and health policy experts say it's too early [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs When millions in federal COVID-19 relief dollars started rolling in, St. Charles Health System in Bend, Ore., quickly created a tiger team of administrators, accountants and revenue [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs Two months after Congress created a $100 billion fund to aid providers struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some organizations serving women, children and vulnerable populations still [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs States across the country are considering Medicaid cuts to shore up budget shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and federal restrictions could mean the brunt of cuts [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs As both an employer and a healthcare provider, hospitals have two good reasons for wanting laid off employees to get federal assistance with premiums--to help their former [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs As infectious disease leaders of Boston-area hospitals gathered on a Zoom call the evening of May 5, Massachusetts General Hospital Chief of Infectious Diseases Dr. Rochelle Walensky [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged primary-care practices and physicians are saying they may have to close or sell their practices without more financial relief. The pandemic has [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs HHS is sending out more than $40 billion in COVID-19 relief grants--including carve-outs for providers in rural areas and coronavirus hot spots--but there's concern that the funds [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs Provider groups got most of what they wanted in Congress' historic $2 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus deal that includes billions of dollars to bolster the healthcare system, [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs The Trump administration has generally downplayed the need to have a replacement plan ready if courts strike down the Affordable Care Act. 'The litigation has a very [...]

Byline: Rachel Cohrs There's a lot at stake for Democratic presidential candidates on March 3 when 14 states and American Samoa hold their primaries. That's when 34% of the total [...]

The article reports on the expected benefits to healthcare providers of the budget and COVID-19 relief package signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in late December 2020, including additional funding and flexibility for provider grants and the three billion dollar Provider Relief Fund.

The article explores the future of the U.S. healthcare policy after the Supreme Court agreed to take up a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the election of Joe Biden as the next president of the country.

The article discusses the highlights of a virtual town hall held by the journal on December 9, 2020 with healthcare policy leaders to get their perspectives on the pressing issues facing the administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Topics covered include the value of cooperation between the public and private sectors to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to assess the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, and the significance of supporting patients in vulnerable communities.