Kaiser Health News
Under the New York law, patients are generally protected from owing more than their in-network copayment, coinsurance or deductible on bills they receive for out-of-network emergency services or on surprise bills.
New law prohibits insurers -- when they cover other types of fertility treatments -- from applying those conditions to same-sex couples.
The proposed regulations include a section on electronic health records and measures to better ensure that patients or their families are involved in care planning and in the discharge process.
The study, in the July issue of the policy journal Health Affairs, found that the average birth control pill user saved $255 in the year after the requirement took effect.
Gynecologists ordered fewer preventive services for women who were insured by Medicaid than for those with private coverage, the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey found.
The law also requires that clinics meet the same standards as outpatient surgery centers, upgrades that can cost $1 million or more.
The study labeled 11 percent of plans "extra small" because they covered fewer than 10 percent of physicians in a plan's region. Another 30 percent were "small," meaning they covered between 10 and 25 percent of physicians.
King v. Burwell is closed, but the law's long-term future still isn't ensured.
To ease the financial burden, the California agency that governs the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace issued landmark rules recently that will limit the amount anyone enrolled in one of those plans can be charged each month for high-end medicine.
Some employers say a proposed rule could force them to cut the size of wellness programs’ financial incentives or penalties.