Medicaid
The Government Accountability Office May 1 named six new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, which advises Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released two proposed rules focused on ensuring access to services for Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program beneficiaries across fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule that would extend Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program coverage to qualified individuals in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in states that cover legally residing immigrant children and pregnant鈥
In this podcast, the AHA's Bharath Krishnamurthy, director of Health Analytics and Policy, explores what the imbalance between the skyrocketing cost of drugs, supplies and labor and the continued underpayments from government payers means for patient care with Dr. Anthony Coleman, President and鈥
Hospitals and health systems are facing many significant challenges, including historic workforce shortages, soaring costs of providing care, cracks in the supply chain, severe underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelming regulatory and administrative burdens, just to name a few. These鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its standards for qualified health plans offered through the health insurance marketplaces for 2024. CMS finalized with limited exceptions its proposal to require all plans (regardless of marketplace type) to comply with network adequacy and鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services plans this month to propose amending the definition of 鈥渓awful presence鈥 for purposes of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage to allow undocumented immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as 鈥淒reamers,鈥 to apply鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday approved state plan amendments allowing Arizona to extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program are facing the most significant coverage challenge since the passage of the Affordable Care Act 13 years ago.
As the COVID-19 public health emergency鈥檚 continuous coverage requirement ends and states redetermine eligibility for Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program enrollees, the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office for Civil Rights yesterday reminded state health officials of their鈥