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Health Policy News – January 2021
Even though we are only one month into 2021, an incredible amount of health policy developments have transpired since our last edition! We have several updates in this first edition ...
How States Can Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the greatest public health crisis of our lifetime—but fortunately, it has been met with a scientific response equally as strong. Multiple vaccines were created, tested, ...
Update on the Federal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic as Leadership Changes
COVID-19 was the top focus of the new federal administration as it entered office this month. With the surge in cases continuing across the nation, President Joseph Biden signed a ...
CMS Finalized Exchange Guidance for 2022
Update: In February, CMS finalized timelines for certification and rate filings of Qualified Health Plans that will be offered in Marketplaces in 2022. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
First-of-Its-Kind Tennessee Block Grant Approved by CMS
On January 8th, 2021, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of Tennessee’s final Medicaid Block grant proposal[1] which the state had originally submitted in 2019. ...
Health Policy Updates: COVID-19 and Beyond
As summer came to a close, health policy developments continued at the federal level. Below, we provide brief overviews of updates both related and unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, along ...
Roundup of Recent Federal Health Policy Developments
While the COVID-19 pandemic remains the center of everyone’s attention and COVID-19-related policy developments continue (for more on this topic, see this month’s COVID-19 Update), there has been a recent ...
Health Policy News – Summer 2019
Introduction As in past years, Health Policy News is marking the summer season with the publication of one special edition. For summer 2019, we have prepared a roundup of pending ...
Legislation aimed at Health Care Costs Advances in Congress
Unlike many topics under discussion in Congress this year, the issue of health care costs is a priority across party lines. With bills pending in both the U.S. House of ...
Roundup of federal health policy developments
The debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is well-underway and there are a number of significant developments that warrant a closer look. Here we provide a ...