Healthcare

Here are a few recent highlights:

• We put affordability front and center when insurance companies pushed to increase insurance rates during the middle of a massive public health crisis.
• We worked to ensure that vaccine distribution was guided by public health and done in accordance with the guidelines provided by the CDC, and that entities charged with vaccine administration did  so in an equitable and transparent manner.
• We took steps to build a top-notch healthcare team in the Office to execute our crucial role under the Hospital Conversions Act (HCA) as one of the main regulators of potential hospital mergers in the state.
• We introduced legislation passed by  the General Assembly that strengthened the Office’s oversight role under the HCA by adding antitrust review, extending the monitoring period after  a transaction, increasing the monetary fine for violations, and simplifying the judicial review process.