Category: Innovation Waivers
Activity Around Section 1332 Reinsurance Waivers Continues
The earliest Section 1332 State Innovation Waivers are reaching their expiration dates, marking a key milestone under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This article explores the next ...
The Department of Health and Human Services Finalizes Third Exchange Rule for 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized the third part of the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022 (NBPP) this month. As the Summer Edition of ...
CMS Foreshadows Policy Areas for Future Rulemaking
As we noted in the recent recent Health Policy News overview of the second Final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for 2022, the process of finalizing Exchange guidance ...
Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Kicks off Quickly and the Federal Government Announces its Health Priorities for Discretionary Spending
The past month brought the fifth renewal[1] of the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), as well as the start of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP)’s implementation. ...
Health Policy News – January 2021
Even though we are only one month into 2021, an incredible amount of health policy developments have transpired since our last edition! We have several updates in this first edition ...
Update on the Federal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Leadership Changes
COVID-19 was the top focus of the new federal administration as it entered office this month. With the surge in cases continuing across the nation, President Joseph Biden signed a ...
First-of-Its-Kind Tennessee Block Grant Approved by CMS
On January 8th, 2021, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of Tennessee’s final Medicaid Block grant proposal[1] which the state had originally submitted in 2019. ...
Reflections on 2020 and Predictions for 2021
Continued Responses to COVID-19 State and Federal Responses to COVID-19 in 2020 and Expectations for 2021 At the start of 2020, COVID-19 was a peripheral thought for most people in ...
Health Policy News – November 2020
This month, two major events at the federal level took place that will have lasting impacts on health policy. First, of course, was the election. Then, just a week later, ...
Regulatory Roundup
Final Medicaid Managed Care Rule, Transparency Requirements for Commercial Insurance Carriers and two Georgia Waiver Approvals Announced Over the past few weeks, two anticipated final rules were released by the ...