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Health Policy News September 2016
Today’s special edition of Health Policy News focuses on the Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for 2018 issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...
Health Policy News August 2016
As states across the country prepare for another year of open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace, they must assess the past three years of operation while adjusting to the ...
Bridging the electronic health information highway and promoting interoperability for Medicaid providers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently expanded the scope of the Health Information for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) 90/10 funding available to encourage the adoption ...
Consumer assistance for open enrollment 2017
This year, for the first time since the health insurance marketplace began, states will not have the support of consumer assistance funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
CMS releases report on Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurers’ payment trends
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report on August 11, 2016, entitled, “Changes in ACA Individual Market Costs from 2014 to 2015: Near-Zero Growth Suggests an ...
Health Policy News June 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new grant opportunity for states last week. State insurance regulators across the country are eligible to apply for funding to ...
Alabama’s Regional Care Organization 1115 waiver approval
In May 2013, Act-2013-261, Ala. Code §§ 22-6-150 was passed, advancing the move from a fee-for-service (FFS) system to a managed care program. According to the Alabama Medicaid Advisory Board ...
Innovative approaches to Medicaid expansion within the Medicaid managed care delivery system
Much attention has been paid to innovative approaches to coverage of the Medicaid expansion population that leverage the private commercial insurance market for coverage through “premium assistance” programs. However, other ...
CMS announces the release of $22 Million in Health Insurance Enforcement and Consumer Protections grant funding
On June 15, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced the release of $22 million in grant funding for State planning and implementing of the health insurance market ...
Health Policy News April 2016
Last summer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a comprehensive overhaul of the regulations governing Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care. With the final ...