Medicaid
HHS today announced that states have an additional year to use American Rescue Plan funds for Medicaid beneficiaries.
California, Kentucky, Oregon and Florida extend Medicaid and CHIP postpartum coverage to 12 months.
After two years on the front lines in the battle against this pandemic, hospitals and health systems have seen a dramatic rise in costs of labor, drugs, supplies and equipment
The update includes a button to help beneficiaries prepare to renew their coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.
A recent op-ed in the online publication STAT (Turn off the spigot for hospitals鈥 COVID-19 relief funding) contains blatant factual inaccuracies but also omits critical information about hospital and health systems鈥 finances and input costs.
An arbitrator has ordered that Anthem Insurance Company, Inc. (鈥淎nthem鈥) pay a group of 11 acute care hospitals in Indiana (鈥渉ospitals鈥) $4.5 million as compensation for adopting a policy of processing claims for emergency services that the arbitrator found is a 鈥渃lear鈥 violation of federal and鈥
The guidance is intended to help state policymakers identify and address related issues during and after the public health emergency.
Tennessee and South Carolina extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act.
The Government Accountability Office today named four new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.
Robust outreach and enrollment efforts, and standards and payments that ensure timely and equitable access to quality care are critical to a comprehensive access and coverage strategy, AHA said.