Happy Spring from the Health Policy News Team! This month we have several regulatory updates, with an overview of the final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters/Annual Letter to Issuers in the Federally-facilitated Exchanges, as well as a summary of ...
Health Policy News’ April edition focuses on a timely issue in health policy- state efforts to eliminate gaps in care for those leaving incarceration, with a focus on a recently approved Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver in California. As you may ...
The March edition of Health Policy News is dedicated to two potential implications for consumers due to the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) – both related to healthcare costs and access to services. There are two pivotal PHE ...
As the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) nears, much attention has been paid to the implications for Medicaid enrollment as states prepare to restart eligibility redetermination. However, the PHE end will have a much broader impact on ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a draft of its 2018 Letter to Issuers in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces (Letter) on November 10, 2016. The Letter – updated ...
This issue of Health Policy News focuses on recent developments in payment and delivery system reform. After receiving more than 4,000 comments on its proposed rules, the Centers for Medicaid ...
On April 14, 2014, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) approved New York state’s groundbreaking DSRIP program through their Medicaid 1115 waiver amendment, allowing the state’s Department of ...
From October 17th to 19th, members of PCG’s Health Policy team attended the annual National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) Conference in Pittsburg, PA. The theme for this year’s ...
On October 14, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules to implement a new Quality Payment Program which includes the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) ...
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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
