Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should require states that propose Medicaid work requirements and other demonstrations to project the cost of administering them, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday.
About 78% of patients at federally operated Indian Health Service hospitals and health centers reported having health coverage in fiscal year 2018, up from 64% in FY 2013, according to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued final rules reducing some regulatory burdens for providers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals and home health agencies.
The National Health Law Program and Indiana Legal Services yesterday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the administration for approving a Section 1115 waiver for Indiana that requires certain adults to work to maintain Medicaid coverage.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week awarded 14 states and the District of Columbia planning grants totaling $48.5 million to increase access to evidence-based treatment and recovery services for Medicaid patients with substance use disorders.
The state of Tennessee yesterday released for public comment a proposal to convert the bulk of federal funding for its Medicaid program to a block grant.
Sens. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., today introduced legislation that would prohibit using federal funds to implement, administer or enforce the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule.
The AHA and five other hospital groups filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington to prevent the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect Oct. 15.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw its proposal to rescind a 2015 rule that requires states to develop and submit access monitoring review plans for certain Medicaid services.
AHA to CMS Re: Medicaid Program; Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services-Rescission
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule to rescind requirements that states assess their Medicaid fee-for-service provider payments to determine if they are sufficient to ensure beneficiary access to covered services.