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 our country. However, it soon became front and center for ...
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, the Supreme Court heard argument of California v. Texas. While ...
Health Policy News Fall White Paper Released Today, PCG’s Health Policy News team released our annual fall white paper. This year’s topic is “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Ten Years Later: States Take the Lead.” September 23, 2020 ...
As we head into fall, individual states and our entire nation continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, while simultaneously addressing other policy needs and opportunities. At Health Policy News, we aim to strike a similar balance, as we continue ...
March was another big month in Federal health policy – with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issuing final guidance on the 2017 certification standards for Qualified Health ...
“Alternative payment models are not an option for behavioral health providers,” Arizona Medicaid Director Tom Betlach said, “They are your growth strategy.” Betlach’s point was very clear and it resonated ...
CCBHCs! That’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers, for those not familiar with the billion dollar investment that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will soon make to state behavioral ...
Research presented by Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, at NatCon used brain imaging to dramatically illustrate how addiction changes brain function. Dr. Volkow’s research ...
Members of PCG Health’s Health Innovation Policy Information Technology (HIPIT) center of excellence have been keeping an eye on Gobeille vs Liberty Mutual Insurance Company given its direct impact on ...
Quality has been top of focus across the health care world. Whether it be related to coverage, care or other consumer services, there has been ongoing movement to advance quality. ...
For Marketplace plans, quality is coming to the forefront as Quality Rating System (QRS) and Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS) requirements are rolled out for Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) starting in ...
On February 16, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced multi-payer alignment and simplification of core quality measures to be used ...
On January 5, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) soliciting grant applications to test whether identifying health-related social service needs, and ...
Year end is a time of reflection, and a time to plan for what’s to come. Here at PCG, our Health team has much to be proud of in 2015: ...
