CHIP
The Senate today voted 48-50 to reject legislation (H.R. 3) that would rescind about $15 billion in prior appropriations to federal programs, including nearly $7 billion from the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program and $800 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today issued its June report to Congress, which includes the panel鈥檚 recent recommendation to reduce emergency department evaluation and management services payment rates by 30% for off-campus stand-alone EDs located within six miles of an on-campus hospital鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued guidance on designing state approaches to covering treatment services for Medicaid-eligible infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
The House of Representatives last night voted 210-206 to approve legislation (H.R. 3) that would rescind about $15 billion in prior appropriations to federal programs, including nearly $7 billion from the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program and $800 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released the first Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program Scorecard, intended to drive improvement in state and federal alignment, beneficiary health outcomes and program administration.
The module will allow Medicare plans to request that their payment arrangements receive 鈥渁n other payer advanced APM determination鈥 as part of the Quality Payment Program mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
The White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday proposed that Congress rescind $15.4 billion in prior appropriations to federal programs, including nearly $7 billion from the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program and $800 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
The bills would amend the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion; cover IMD substance use disorder treatment for pregnant women up to 12 months after delivery; and provide grants to study alternative emergency pain management protocols, and develop programs to ensure care coordination鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments through May 25 on potential models for direct provider contracting (DPC) with physician practices in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program to reduce spending and administrative burden while enhancing quality鈥
Nearly 16.4 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Jan. 31, 2018, increasing total enrollment in the programs by 29% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace.