From fee-for-service to managed care, Medicaid programs are seeking to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) for a broader population of enrollees in order to achieve better health outcomes,...
Several federal judges have decided that a number of signature Trump Administration health insurance policies cannot stand.
Judges have nixed key efforts to expand the sale of association health plans...
CMS has approved Maryland’s section 1115 waiver application for a demonstration to expand access to diabetes care, substance abuse services, and other healthcare services for Medicaid...
CMS has approved Arizona’s request to add a community engagement requirement to its section 1115 Medicaid demonstration project, called “Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System”...
A report on social determinants of health (SDOH) has five recommendations for addressing these important but often overlooked health factors with effective policymaking.
The Center for Health Care...
Medicaid beneficiaries with mental health conditions are the targets of recent CMS efforts to boost health outcomes.
In recent remarks to the National Association of Medicaid Directors in the national...
Medicaid beneficiaries with serious mental illness (SMI) or serious emotional disturbance (SED) are the targets of recent CMS efforts to improve health outcomes.
In a letter to Medicaid directors...
CMS has issued new guidelines for state officials around creating budget-neutral 1115 Medicaid demonstrations.
CMS informed state governments that the agency will use a formalized methodology to...
Rhode Island officials have requested an extension of a 1115 demonstration from CMS to expand the use of value-based care within the state’s Medicaid program.
State Medicaid administrators are...
The US District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked Kentucky from implementing work requirements within its 1115 Medicaid waiver demonstration, despite CMS approval of the community...
CMS Administrator Seema Verma has approved New Hampshire's request to implement Medicaid work requirements and change additional Medicaid rules related to member eligibility. The approval...
A lawsuit that contends the legality of Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky has received support from 43 public health experts and 8 medical school deans who say the work requirements directly...
