Medicaid
President Trump last week released an executive order directing relevant agencies to update procedures, guidance or regulations to ensure that ineligible non-citizens do not receive means-tested public benefits, including Medicaid.
The Government Accountability Office yesterday named two new members to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.
Despite some progress in transparency related to the process for Section 1115 Medicaid waivers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 鈥渁pproach to ensuring transparency when states propose major changes to their demonstrations has significant gaps.鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 yesterday issued guidance regarding the calculation of a plan鈥檚 Medical Loss Ratio, which represents the percent of premium revenue that goes toward claims and activities that improve health care quality.
Three hundred two members of the House of Representatives yesterday urged House leadership to delay for at least two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.
The White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday published a notice seeking comment on a potential change in the annual inflation factor that the Census Bureau uses to measure poverty.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a final rule that eliminates 2014 regulatory text allowing states to reassign Medicaid payments to third parties on behalf of certain providers.
AHA urges the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (鈥淒OJ鈥) to investigate thoroughly Centene鈥檚 proposed acquisition of WellCare because it threatens to reduce competition in delivery of Medicaid Managed Care and Medicare Advantage (鈥淢A鈥) services to tens of millions of consumers across鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today encouraged governors and state Medicaid directors to partner with the agency to better integrate care for beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
The Montana legislature last week passed legislation funding Medicaid coverage for low-income adults for six more years.