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Vanessa Burrows Quoted in Health Payer Specialist on Potential Issues for Payers in 2021

01.05.21

Counsel Vanessa Burrows was quoted in a Health Payer Specialist article titled, “Payers Face Tough Decisions on Telehealth and More in 2021.” The article analyzed issues that payers may face in 2021, including different legislative agendas. When discussing how the new Biden Administration is expected to issue executive orders directed at the Affordable Care Act, payers and the healthcare industry in general, Vanessa noted that a deeper re-evaluation of Department of Health and Human Services measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to follow. “This re-evaluation may be impacted by how quickly [Biden’s] political appointments are confirmed by the Senate, or whether the administration will have to rely on acting officials,” she said.

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