New MA Regulation Will increase Oversight of Non-public Fairness Funding in Healthcare
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed a invoice (HB 5159) increasing oversight of personal fairness funding within the healthcare sector. The legislation is the primary within the nation to ban “sale leaseback” agreements, by way of which hospitals promote their actual property to an funding belief after which lease it again from the REIT. Different states together with Indiana, Illinois and New York have additionally permitted laws aimed toward rising transparency in healthcare acquisitions. (PLURIBUS NEWS).
ND Turns into 1st State to Cowl Weight Loss Medication Below ACA
North Dakota has develop into the primary state to supply protection for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide weight reduction medication in particular person plans supplied underneath the Inexpensive Care Act. The enlargement of protection is a part of the state’s first replace to its important well being profit benchmark plan because the ACA was applied in 2015. North Dakota Insurance coverage Commissioner Jon Godfread (R) stated different states had been anticipated so as to add weight reduction drug protection to their ACA-backed plans too. (FORUM [FARGO-MOORHEAD))
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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