Health Policy News October Hello readers! The Health Policy News team is excited to launch our 2023 fall article series: “Focus on Caregiving.” Our first article features an overview of a recent Executive Order on caregiving. The second article for ...
Health Policy News September Welcome back readers! This month’s edition includes health policy highlights from conferences that our Health Policy News team attended during the past two months. First up is the National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) Annual ...
In our summer edition this year, we provide updates on two topics that have been the subject of recent articles on Health Policy News: continued impact of the end of the Public Health Emergency, and the recently released Center for ...
Happy Spring from the Health Policy News Team! This month we have several regulatory updates, with an overview of the final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters/Annual Letter to Issuers in the Federally-facilitated Exchanges, as well as a summary of ...
This month, PCG is launching a Fall 2023 Focus on Caregiving Series. Throughout the series, we will highlight the role of caregivers in our healthcare systems and policy considerations, including ...
In early October, the NAMD conference brought Medicaid Directors, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) leadership, state policy makers and industry professionals together to learn from one another, ...
Earlier this month, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) published a temporary rule that further extended COVID-era telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances ...
State Efforts to Support People in Recovery September is National Recovery month, a time during which we celebrate and support people in recovery and their resiliency. Recovery is broadly defined ...
Insights from the 2023 Annual Conference of the National Academy for State Health Policy This year’s National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) conference took place in August. This was ...
2023 Home and Community-Based Services Conference Insights In late August, PCG health and human services subject matter experts attended and exhibited at the 2023 Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) conference ...
Advancing with Purpose and Strength: The 34th Annual National Adult Protective Services Association Conference As one of seven exhibitors at the sold-out National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) conference in ...
When the COVID-19 federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) ended on May 11th, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) planned to roll-back PHE flexibility related to pre-pandemic restrictions on several prescribing practices. ...
PCG Hosts Webinar and Releases a New Tool to Assist States in Providing Comment on the Impact of Proposed Rules to Enhance Medicaid Access/Quality
In April 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two notices of proposed rulemaking aimed at transforming the delivery of, access to, and payment for Medicaid programs: Ensuring Access ...
By Margot Jones on June 30, 2023