Category: State Activity
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 ...
Health Policy News – February 2020
Introduction On January 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) and the draft Letter to Issuers in ...
Medicaid Updates: Regulations, Guidance and Litigation
The last several weeks saw a number of Medicaid policy-related developments. In our round-up below, we share key takeaways from each. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Block Grant Guidance ...
Health Policy News – January 2020
Introduction Happy 2020 Health Policy News readers! We hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday season. As we continue to await the proposed Marketplace guidance for 2021, we ...
California’s Innovative Approach to Address Rising Pharmaceutical Costs
Addressing rising prescription drug costs has been a top priority for California Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration. Health Policy News reported early in his term about the Governor’s Executive Order that ...
Public Comment Period on Draft Transparency in Coverage Rule Extended Until January 29th
The draft Transparency in Coverage rule was developed by the Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (hereinafter “the Departments’) and published on November 27, 2019. This rule ...