Tag: CMS
Health Policy News April
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 ...
Health Policy News January 2023
In the first edition of 2023, we provide updates on two key Medicaid policy developments from the end of last year. The last days of 2022 included the passage of ...
CMS Seeks to Support Communications between Providers and Carriers
CMS Seeks to Support Communications between Providers and Carriers In December 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Proposed Rule aimed at improving administrative simplification related ...
Health Policy News Predictions for 2023
Predictions for 2023 As is customary for Health Policy News, as the year comes to an end, we are spending time thinking forward about topics and developments the Health Policy ...
Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting
Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting In August 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule, which, if promulgated, would ...
American Rescue Plan Act Funding Progress Updates
Last summer, Health Policy News provided coverage of early planning at the state level to implement Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) related to Home ...
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 ...
A Look into the RaDonda Vaught Verdict and Its Impact on the Medical Profession
On December 26, 2017, Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught mistakenly injected a patient with a paralyzing drug instead of the anti-anxiety sedative Versed that was ordered by the provider. The patient ...
The Department of Health and Human Services Releases 2023 Draft Marketplace Rules & Guidance for Health Issuers
On December 28, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Proposed 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP), along with accompanying technical guidance on risk ...
Reflections on 2021 and Predictions for 2022
In our last edition of the 2021 calendar year, the Health Policy News team looks back at major health policy-related topics from the last year, as well as discusses the ...