Medicaid
AHA comments on the guidance modifying the regulations governing waivers under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act.
More than 182,000 Virginia adults have enrolled in coverage effective Jan. 1 under the state鈥檚 Medicaid expansion and thousands more are eligible, Gov. Ralph Northam announced yesterday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday approved a Section 1115 waiver extending a New Mexico Medicaid demonstration for five years, and authorizing the state to receive federal funding to treat enrollees with opioid and other substance use disorders who are short-term residents in鈥
AHA today urged the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw a proposed rule that could limit legal immigrants鈥 future immigration status if they receive benefits from Medicaid, the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or select housing programs.
Total enrollment growth in Medicaid and the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program decreased 2.2 percent nationally between July 2017 and July 2018, including declines in 37 states and the District of Columbia.
The Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 recent proposed rule could limit legal immigrants鈥 future immigration status based on their receipt of public benefits. Specifically, the rule proposes to change current policies that govern 鈥減ublic charge鈥 determinations, which assess how likely an individual鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week approved a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver that will transition New Hampshire鈥檚 Medicaid expansion premium assistance program to Medicaid managed care.
A Maine judge last week ordered the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to comply with a recent ballot measure expanding Medicaid eligibility to qualified low-income residents.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday reapproved a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver for Kentucky that requires some adult beneficiaries to work or participate in other 鈥渃ommunity engagement鈥 activities.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit yesterday affirmed a district court decision that barred the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from using FAQs 33 and 34 in calculating Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments for Tennessee hospitals.