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Health Policy News November 2016
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 ...
New York’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program: Transitioning to payments based on performance measures
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 ...
Insights from the annual National Academy of State Health Policy Conference #NASHPCONF16
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 ...
Alabama’s Regional Care Organization 1115 waiver approval
In May 2013, Act-2013-261, Ala. Code §§ 22-6-150 was passed, advancing the move from a fee-for-service (FFS) system to a managed care program. According to the Alabama Medicaid Advisory Board ...
Health Policy News March 2016
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 ...
Behavioral Health’s Move Toward Value-Based Purchasing
“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 ...
CMMI announces AHC grant opportunities
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 ...