Melanie MacEachern

Freelance writer with skills and knowledge in healthcare policy, reproductive justice and art history. Skilled administrative assistant. Graduated from University of Michigan.

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ACA Enrollment Up 40% Since Last Year Arizona News

ACA Enrollment Up 40% Since Last Year

Nearly 3.4 million Americans have enrolled in 2023 individual market health insurance coverage through state and federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces since the beginning of the enrollment period. This is a substantial increase that President Joe Biden attributes to the offering of low-cost plans through federal subsidies from...
National News

KHN: Is CMS Doing Enough to Prevent MA Overpayments?

Last week, Kaiser Health News (KHN) won a lawsuit with the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to compel the agency to release 90 federal audits of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans from the years 2011 through 2013. The information contained in these audits demonstrates that overpayments have consistently been made to...
REPORT: APMs Increasing Market Share, Enthusiasm Rising Among Payers National News

REPORT: APMs Increasing Market Share, Enthusiasm Rising Among Payers

Last week, the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) published its 2022 Methodology and Results report, which is the result of a data collection survey of health plans and states for an account of how money moves through alternative payment models and how these programs function in terms of barriers and access. In...
COVID-19 Update: November 17, 2023 Arizona News

COVID-19 Update: November 17, 2023

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has signaled that it will delay the end of the public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic until April, quelling fears from stakeholders that not enough time was given to review Medicaid eligibility for everyone enrolled since the pandemic began. In Arizona,...
Arizona News

2022 Midterm Results Prompt Lobbyists to Push Reforms During Lame Duck

The 2022 Midterm Elections have concluded, and while election officials in Arizona continue to tally votes, health industry stakeholders and lobbying officials are already set to work boosting their issues and setting sights on the end-of-the-year budget reconciliation in Congress. In Arizona, Senate Republicans have selected a new...
AHA: Critical Access Hospitals Lost Average of $507,000 From 340B Cuts Arizona News

AHA: Critical Access Hospitals Lost Average of $507,000 From 340B Cuts

The American Hospital Association (AHA) ran a survey of 300 hospitals and health systems to determine the overall impact of cuts made to the 340B prescription drug pricing program. It found an enormous financial impact on struggling hospitals, specifically those in rural and underserved areas. The 340B drug pricing program requires...
COVID-19 Update November 10, 2022 Arizona News

COVID-19 Update November 10, 2022

Following reported success of both the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty and the antiviral pill Paxlovid, Pfizer has announced that it will move forward on new vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic and influenza at the same time. Meanwhile, stakeholders are requesting an extension of the public health emergency declaration beyond its...

Clover Health to Leave ACO REACH, Insuretech Companies Struggle in Difficult Market

Insuretech companies have suffered some huge financial losses this year, as a result some of them are pulling away from certain Medicare markets and pivoting to other methods of improving business. For the third quarter of 2022, Clover Health posted a $75.3 million net loss, but doubled its total revenue year-over-year from $427...
Arizona News

RSV Causing Challenges for Children's Hospitals, Pediatric Units

Children's hospitals and pediatricians are grappling with a major outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among children in Arizona and across the country. RSV is a relatively common virus that follows patterns of other airborne respiratory diseases and is generally expected to increase cases in the fall and winter months. Data...
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