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Blog Post:
Balance Billing Measures Introduced in 32 States in 2019
Mary Peck
Legislation dealing with medical balance billing - the charging of patients by healthcare providers for services not fully covered at the providers’ rate by the patients’ insurance - has been introduced in 32 states this year, according to analysis by LexisNexis State Net . Seven of those...
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9 Aug 2019
Blog Post:
States Still Attending to Medical Balance Billing
Mary Peck
When SNCJ reported in August 2017 on medical balance billing - the direct charging of patients by healthcare providers for services that aren’t fully covered at the providers’ rate by the patients’ insurance - nearly half of the states had passed legislation addressing the practice...
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9 Aug 2019
Blog Post:
Government Cybersecurity Bills Introduced in Nearly 3/4 of States in 2019
Mary Peck
At least 37 states have introduced legislation this year dealing with the cybersecurity of government agencies, 24 of which have enacted such measures, according to information from the National Conference of State Legislatures and LexisNexis State Net. The measures deal with a range of issues, including...
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6 Sep 2019
Blog Post:
Rainy-Day Fund Balances Vary Widely Across States
Mary Peck
Wyoming has the largest estimated fiscal year 2019 rainy-day fund balance as a percentage of total state expenditures, at 109 percent, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers’ Spring 2019 Fiscal Survey of States . California has the largest FY 2019 rainy-day fund balance...
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20 Sep 2019
Blog Post:
Texas, California Among Hardest Hit by Wildfires in 2018
Mary Peck
In 2018 Texas had the most wildfires of any state, 10,541 of them, and the sixth highest number of acres burned, at 569,811, according to data compiled by the Insurance Information Institute from the National Interagency Fire Center. California had the second highest number of wildfires, at 8,054, and...
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15 Nov 2019
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