Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reminded states鈥 Medicaid agencies that the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 public charge final rule is no longer in effect, and that they 鈥渕ay only share information about a Medicaid applicant or beneficiary when sharing that information is鈥
State Medicaid agencies can apply until 3 p.m. Aug. 13 for American Rescue Plan Act funding to establish community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
More than 120,000 Oklahomans July 1 started receiving health benefits through the state鈥檚 voter-approved Medicaid expansion, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said.
Over 80 million Americans were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program at the end of January, a 13.9% increase since February 2020.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issued its June report to Congress on refinements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare program, which includes recommendations approved by the commission in April.
The mission of each and every hospital in America is to serve the health care needs of the people in its community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But, hospitals鈥 work is made more difficult by our fragmented health care system 鈥 a system that leaves millions of people unable to afford the鈥
Children and adults in Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program used 26 million fewer mental care health services between March and October 2020 than during the same period in 2019, declining 34% for children and 22% for adults, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance on how states can receive a 10-percentage-point increase in their federal medical assistance percentage for certain Medicaid home and community-based services from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, under the American Rescue鈥
The Government Accountability Office named five new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, which advises Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program.
The AHA and Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and several Texas hospitals and health systems challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Departmental Appeals Board decision adopting a 鈥渘et effect鈥濃