Tag: OMB

Vaccine Mandates: Steps and Tools to Assist with Compliance

Over the last few weeks, several COVID-19 vaccine-related policy proposals affecting various employee types and employer configurations were released at the federal level. These proposals would require some employers to ...

Health Policy News – May 2020

The much-anticipated final Payment Notice and Letter to Issuers in the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces was released early this month, with states’ concerns about the impact of COVID-19 evident in many of ...

Guidance for States on How to Properly Document Federal Funding During COVID-19 Response and Recovery

On March 19, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released M-20-17, Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

Tennessee Releases Its Block Grant Plan

This month, Tennessee continued its pursuit of a Medicaid block grant, unveiling its draft Medicaid waiver amendment application on September 17th. Underpinning Tennessee’s months-long exploration of this model is the ...

Health Policy News – January 2019

 Introduction As readers are likely aware, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) long-awaited annual Exchange guidance was released on January 17, 2019, and, as in past years, PCG ...

A Reminder from PCG’s Cost Allocation Team to Reference the Correct Federal Guidance in Cost Allocation Plans and Indirect Cost Rates

December marked five years since the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) consolidated eight prior OMB Circulars into a single source of federal guidance, and four years since that ...