Category: COVID-19
Updates on the Federal Response to COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the country, Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to advance funding opportunities, temporary policy changes and waivers to ...
Updates on the State-Level Responses to COVID-19
As the U.S. continues battling the COVID-19 pandemic, individual states have enacted policy mandates and taken action to ensure patients have access to medication, healthcare, and COVID-19 testing and treatment—while ...
Health Policy News – April 2020
Last month, Health Policy News brought you breaking news about the legislation and guidance aimed at providing greater flexibility to states and providers as they struggle to meet health and ...
Care During a Crisis: How to Leverage Critical Incident Management Systems to Ensure Health and Welfare When It Matters Most
State Medicaid agencies have been hit hard during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the last several weeks, there has been an unprecedented increase in member enrollments, as well as significant disruptions ...
Health Policy News – March 2020 Special Edition
Introduction Health Policy News had planned content for the month of March, but given the unprecedented times we are all living through, we thought it best to dedicate this ...
Health Policy Responses to COVID-19
In this unprecedented time, much attention has been paid to Congressional response to the clinical and economic needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, Congress, the Centers ...