In health policy, things change by the minute! Federal, state, local litigation, legislation, regulation and policy responses impact the future of our Granite State. “Did You Know” offers our readers brief updates on our perspective of what’s new, what changed and how it impacts life in New Hampshire. From the obscure to the obvious, we want you to know!
UNH Healthcare Vitals is produced by the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law Health Law and Policy Programs and UNH Institute for Health Policy and Practice. It is written by Director and Professor of Law Lucy Hodder, JD and Senior Associate Deb Fournier, JD.
Lived Experience and Opioid Settlement Funds
Friday, August 11, 2023
New Hampshire is a party to a series of lawsuits against companies that have made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers, resolving allegations that the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to opioid overdose across the country were the direct results of the intensive marketing and lack of oversight regarding opioid prescriptions. Major pharmacy chains such as CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, and several pharmaceutical distributors were included in the lawsuits and settlements. The state also negotiated a separate settlement with Johnson & Johnson, another producer of opioid painkillers.... Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: Hospital Transactions in New Hampshire
Monday, July 17, 2023
The UNH Institute for Health Policy & Practice and UNH Franklin Pierce Health Law & Policy Program share this important information about hospital transactions in New Hampshire changing the face of community healthcare. The NH Attorney General has intervened to require protections for health and mental healthcare consumers in the most recent merger between Beth Israel Lahey Health (MA) and Exeter Health Resources (NH). Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The UNH Institute for Health Policy & Practice and UNH Franklin Pierce Health Law & Policy Program share this important analysis of the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE) related to COVID-19. Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: COVID Pharmacy Claims Recovery Analysis
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The UNH Institute for Health Policy & Practice and UNH Franklin Pierce Health Law & Policy Program share this important analysis of COVID pharmacy claims recovery
in New Hampshire. Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: COVID Recovery Claims
Friday, February 10, 2023
The UNH Institute for Health Policy & Practice and UNH Franklin Pierce Health Law & Policy Program share this important public information bulletin about COVID claims recovery
in New Hampshire. Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: New Hampshire Navigators
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Navigators are people who provide free health insurance coverage enrollment help and are available in New Hampshire to help people pick health plans that work for them. Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: Sage Hospital Price Transparency Tool
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
The new Sage Hospital Price Transparency Tool Includes Hospital Payor Mix, Quality Scores, and Relative Prices for Hospitals in NH and the US. Read More
UNH Healthcare Vitals: New Federal Law Extends Extra Financial Support for ACA Marketplace Health Insurance
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Did You Know? Healthcare provisions signed into federal law on August 16 will continue enhanced subsidies for people buying health insurance on the ACA Health Insurance Marketplace for three more years. Read More